Technical Program Manager, LongHaul Planning

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.

• Be able to project manage end-to-end repeatable, transparent, and complex planning pipelines
• Optimize Google’s Production Network for scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency
• Ingest, analyze, understand, and rationalize demand forecasts for all EMEA related flows
• Translate demand forecasts into regional capacity plans over time, taking into account market trends and technology changes
• Own and deliver in-depth technical risk assessments based on various what-if analysis
• Collaborate across internal teams, including business owners, cross-functional technical teams, negotiators, and designers, and network deployment teams

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 5 years of experience in program management
• Experience with network infrastructure acquisition (i.e. dark fiber, transport systems, or data centers)
• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects
• Understanding of EMEA and global carrier networks
• Ability to exercise business and technical understanding to drive the long-term objectives of the organization
• Excellent problem-solving and financial skills, with the ability to adopt a data-driven, investigative approach towards solving complex issues
• Proficient in navigating ambiguity and identifying opportunities for optimization while possessing investigative and problem-solving skills

• Excellent problem-solving and financial skills
• Ability to exercise business and technical understanding
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and identify opportunities for optimization
• Ability to adopt a data-driven, investigative approach
• Ability to communicate complex issues to executives and engineers
• Ability to work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, and manage project schedules
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional partners across the company
• Ability to optimize Google’s Production Network for scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency
• Ability to ingest, analyze, understand, and rationalize demand forecasts for all EMEA related flows
• Ability to translate demand forecasts into regional capacity plans over time
• Ability to own and deliver in-depth technical risk assessments based on various what-if analysis
• Ability to collaborate across internal teams, including business owners, cross-functional technical teams, negotiators, and designers, and network deployment teams

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