Senior Technical Program Manager - Networking Technologies

• Lead the strategic planning framework for a complex portfolio, leveraging advanced AI/ML tools to streamline workflows, solve ambiguous engineering challenges, and accelerate program delivery.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to formulate long-term strategies, establish data-driven roadmaps, and act as a change advocate to guide organizations through evolving business priorities.
• Identify, initiate, and predictably deliver cross-functional programs, managing the rollout of new network architectures, hardware, and software features.
• Design and implement process improvements, define measurable success criteria, and establish a robust cadence for portfolio reviews to drive significant execution velocity.
• Leverage deep technical judgment to guide engineering proposals, conduct technology reviews, and translate quantitative findings into actionable recommendations across teams.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• Experience in networking infrastructure, service provider or enterprise networks, network management and control plane, Software Defined Networking (SDN).
• Experience in data quality validation, metadata management or schema governance.
• Experience in networking, software architecture, design and development of scalable and reliable systems.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience managing complex cross-functional or cross-team projects and advanced proficiency in program tracking, risk mitigation, and execution frameworks.
• Working knowledge of infrastructure planning, network topologies, capacity planning, or telemetry systems.
• Proven track record in legacy system decommissioning, data pipeline refactoring, eliminating technical debt, or consolidating enterprise data systems.

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.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $192000 - $278000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Reston, VA, USA.

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• Experience in networking infrastructure, service provider or enterprise networks, network management and control plane, Software Defined Networking (SDN).
• Experience in data quality validation, metadata management or schema governance.
• Experience in networking, software architecture, design and development of scalable and reliable systems.