Technical Program Manager, Data Center Risk Management
A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.
Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $183,000-$271,000 + 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/support the development and implementation of the data center risk management program at the site/regional/global level while maintaining awareness of emerging threats to the business.
- Be responsible for leading efforts to identify and drive down risk across Google Data Center Operations (DCOps). Work closely with partner organizations, engineers, and business leaders to ensure a holistic approach to data center risk management.
- Create executive presentations of the above findings and subsequent recommended actions for DCOps, Google Data Centers, and higher leadership (program reviews, quarterly business reviews, etc.).
- Identify both qualitative and quantitative metrics that can be leveraged to measure effectiveness of and ultimately drive improvements to the risk program.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in program management.
- Experience in setting up (enterprise) risk management programs, risk modeling, operational resilience, and delivering risk management training.
- Experience developing and implementing quantitative risk management frameworks to measure and mitigate operational risks.
Preferred qualifications:
- 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
- Experience with coding.
- Familiarity with data center operations, incident management processes, and operational metrics (e.g., availability SLAs, MTTR, MTBF).
- Knowledge of data center power and cooling infrastructure and ability to understand complex systems.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and management, as well as storytelling skills to drive prioritization decisions using data.