Google

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in program management.
• 7 years of experience in leadership role(s).
• Experience in program or project management, especially in Hardware Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Factory Readiness related areas.
• Experience with different phases of product development from prototype to mass production to end of life.

Preferred qualifications:

• 10 years of relevant work experience in consumer hardware products and managing international OEM partners.
• Experience in working with global and cross-functional internal and external teams.
• Excellent analytical, quantitative reasoning, problem solving, creativity, and strategic skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and persistence to achieve goals. Self-motivated and result oriented with strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent track record of managing a cross-functional team in order to achieve new product objectives inclusive of quality, yield and cost.

About the Job

As a Sustaining Technical Program Manager, you will be the cornerstone (technical lead) of operations communication with technical cross-functional teams in the sustaining/mass production till EOP (End Of Production) period.

You will guide a team to ensure products are designed and built to the needed standards. You will work in a fast-moving environment with teams to solve problems that gate production line operations, to improve the quality and productivity.

This role requires in-depth technical knowledge on the product, manufacturing experiences and hands on failure analysis. It requires leadership and collaboration skills as this role will work with many cross functional teams in order to meet the goal.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams within Google and with external partners to prepare for production ramp and product transitions.
• Anticipate, communicate, and mitigate operational risk. Secure right level of capacity based on quarterly and weekly forecasts and horizons.
• Demonstrate strategic impact by developing teams, tools, and methods to transform the operation and effectiveness of an organization; Set strategy and objectives, drive organizational change, and solve problems holistically independent of organizational boundaries.
• Demonstrate thought leadership, vision, and a deep understanding of Google’s technologies, business goals, and the industry; develop strategic alliances, have a sphere of influence to execute multiple complex programs, and may create market opportunities.
• Develop local talent pool with functional teams to enable business growth. Foster Google culture; mentor and grow the local team, motivating and inspiring Googlers to bring our mission to life.