Technical Program Manager, Product and Platform Management
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Job Description
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in program management.
- Experience leading technical discussions and plans.
Preferred qualifications:
- 8 years of experience in technical program management with emerging technologies.
- 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
- Ability to own and deliver complex, cross-functional technical programs end-to-end.
- Excellent ability to influence without authority and drive consensus across engineering, product, and UX.
- Exceptional communication skills, articulating complex topics to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Skilled in navigating ambiguity, proactively identifying and mitigating risks, and managing dependencies.
About the job
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.
In gTech Users and Products (gUP), our mission is to advocate for Google’s users by creating helpful and trusted experiences across the product ecosystem.
As a Technical Program Manager (TPM) in the gUP TSI Program Management Office (PMO), you will lead and drive the execution of complex, cross-functional programs critical to gUP's top priorities. You will take ownership of significant initiatives, potentially spanning areas like the Generative AI-powered help guide, enhancing User Voice feedback systems, or refining engineering operations and governance frameworks.
You will collaborate closely with Engineering, Product Management, and UX teams to define program scope, develop detailed execution plans, manage dependencies, mitigate risks, and ensure on-time delivery. This role requires a strong ability to manage ambiguity, influence stakeholders without direct authority, and make sound technical judgments. You will be responsible for driving alignment across teams, communicating progress effectively, and proactively solving problems to keep high-impact programs on track. We are looking for an experienced TPM who can operate independently and contribute to improving program management practices within TSI.
In gTech Users and Products (gUP), our mission is to advocate for Google’s users by creating helpful and trusted experiences across the product ecosystem. We achieve this by meeting partners and consumers where they are with support and help, representing their needs with our product partners and proposing fixes and features that elevate their engagement with Google's diverse product ecosystem. Additionally we provide a range of product services that ensure our products are optimized for every user, no matter where they are in the world (e.g., localization, digitization, partner integration and more).
Responsibilities
- Drive and own the delivery of complex, high-impact programs, from technical scoping and design through global launch, landing, and maintenance.
- Apply deep technical understanding to proactively identify and resolve complex system-level blockers, guiding technical decisions within Generative AI architecture, prompt engineering, and data pipelines.
- Influence and align cross-functional teams (Engineering, Product, UX) and stakeholders on program goals, technical approaches, and priorities, driving consensus and unblocking progress.
- Contribute to product and program strategy by identifying opportunities, defining clear project goals, and ensuring alignment with broader gUP objectives.
- Design, implement, and drive adoption of scalable frameworks, best practices, and data-driven OKRs to improve program execution, monitor health, and enhance communication with leadership.
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About us
Google’s mission is to organize the world‘s information and make it universally accessible and useful.
Since our founding in 1998, Google has grown by leaps and bounds. From offering search in a single language we now offer dozens of products and services—including various forms of advertising and web applications for all kinds of tasks—in scores of languages. And starting from two computer science students in a university dorm room, we now have thousands of employees and offices around the world. A lot has changed since the first Google search engine appeared. But some things haven’t changed: our dedication to our users and our belief in the possibilities of the Internet itself.