Technical Program Manager III, Data Center Fiber Delivery, Cloud Networking - Google
Thornton, CO
About the Job
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in program management.
- Experience working in the telecommunications industry within metropolitan/long-haul fiber network delivery and ISP/OSP construction.
- Experience with data center physical infrastructure design or construction.
Preferred qualifications:
- 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
- Experience with network planning and engineering.
- Experience with fiber/colocation availability and scalability analysis.
- Experience in vendor management in the telecommunications/network industry.
- Knowledge of project managing the deployment of terrestrial/subsea long-haul fiber-optic network infrastructure engineering design and construction projects.
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.Our goal is to build a Google that looks like the world around us — and we want Googlers to stay and grow when they join us. As part of our efforts to build a Google for everyone, we build diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and we aim to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout the company.
The Global Network Solutions team plans, acquires, and delivers the network infrastructure assets that connect Google's data centers to users and Google Cloud customers. The team oversees the delivery life-cycle of fiber assets acquired from carrier infrastructure providers and helps to ensure that all elements work together to deliver Google products and services.
Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technology 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're always on call to keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.
Responsibilities
- Assist upstream planning and acquisition teams in developing infrastructure requirements, priorities, and delivery date expectations.
- Manage the delivery of network infrastructure projects involving long-haul dark fiber, metro fiber, leased capacity/circuits, and inside plant fiber from inception through delivery.
- Serve as primary vendor contact and escalate vendor management chains when delivery timelines are at risk.
- Lead project status meetings while keeping downstream teams at Google aware of project and delivery statuses.
- Oversee all vendor handover documentation, test results, and technical drawings while working with vendors and Google staff to coordinate record keeping and communication.