Director, Technical Program Management, Cross-Product Area Resource Management

We are seeking an intellectually curious, purpose-driven, and intrinsically motivated leader to join our team as a Cross-Product Area Resource Management (xPA PARM) Director. To thrive in this environment, you will be a creative catalyst and a trustworthy steward of Google’s resources, adept at pioneering new approaches and orchestrating a portfolio of critical projects across your teams and ensuring we are meeting all xPA budget/launch SLOs.

The Gemini-era, both in terms of the fast-paced rhythm of innovation and increased competitive landscape for limited resources, requires us to re-think well-established processes, automation journeys, and ensure our data and processes are scaled in order to advance stewardship of Google’s infrastructure resources.

In this role, you are expected to promote a mission-driven/GTM culture mindset, which will be required in the Gemini-era. You will be accountable to drive efficient capacity operations and managing the polarity of fast and predictable launch enablement and cost optimization. Your team will lead a variety of complex cross-company infrastructure projects, collaborating with many functional areas, which promotes a healthy mix of ideation and approaches. You'll be the accountable-owner to their clients on all capacity planning and management business needs.

You will be responsible for developing and delivering capacity plans, optimizing resource utilization, managing machine procurement, driving infrastructure improvements, and maintaining the health of Google’s infrastructure. You will partner with Engineering VPs across Google and your work will directly impact Google’s product development speed, innovation rate, and overall success.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $272,000-$383,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Manage a substantial and highly complex “web” of PAs, services, and resource dimensions that underscores the xPA portfolio. 
• Partner with executive leadership engineering and product managers to ensure alignment with engineering and product priorities.
• Lead and inspire an organization of technical program managers and software engineers, with a goal of driving alignment among software, hardware, and supply chain partner organizations across Google. 
• Lead and drive regular reviews and processes for efficient decision-making and resource allocation.
• Present insights to Google’s most senior infrastructure engineering leadership and be an active catalyst for functional role advancement. 

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Economics or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in product development, software engineering, client portfolio management, capacity planning, or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of experience leading teams within technical program management or planning/operations equivalent.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with large-scale, distributed infrastructure, in a public/private cloud context.
• Ability to work within changing specifications or standards, and create a collaborative team environment while working in ambiguity.
• Ability to understand the organization's environment, identify connections, and respond to change effectively.
• Ability to collaborate across boundaries, build relationships, and manage talent and ideas to achieve organizational goals.
• Strong communication (written/verbal), analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.