Technical Program Manager, Pixel Software

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.

As a Technical Program Manager (TPM), you will be responsible for managing planning and execution of end-to-end product features on Pixel devices. You´ll work with our cross-functional Hardware, Software, Product Management as well as external Pixel partners teams, effectively collaborate across geographies to deliver high quality features to our users.

The Google Pixel team focuses on designing and delivering the world's most helpful mobile experience. The team works on shaping the future of Pixel devices and services through some of the most advanced designs, techniques, products, and experiences in consumer electronics. This includes bringing together the best of Google’s artificial intelligence, software, and hardware to build global smartphones and create transformative experiences for users across the world.

Responsibilities

• Manage large scale software engineering projects working with multiple teams on cross-functional initiatives. Interface with Engineering managers and engineers across both hardware and software to estimate work efforts, define milestones and manage resources. 
• Track progress, resolve dependencies, evaluate risks and communicate status to upper management and project stakeholders. Engage and energize the project teams to achieve goals.
• Proactively remove obstacles to drive momentum and progress. Identify communication gaps, manage issue escalations and provide support to teams balancing competing priorities. Drive results proactively.
• Understand technical implementation at the architecture level and propose technical alternatives when necessary. Ask questions that clarify priorities and push the team to be highly effective and develop broad domain and technical knowledge.
• Work closely with our leads and partners to ensure software and roadmap feature alignment for current and future programs.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience with consumer electronics development.
• 5 years of experience in program management.
• Experience working with mobile technologies or software hardware integration (operating systems, applications, frameworks or devices).
• Experience in embedded software development.

Preferred qualifications:

• Advanced Degree in an engineering or other technical field.
• 5 years of project/program management experience; Key contributor to multiple complex large scale projects, driving technically cross-functional projects across multiple organizations.
• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• Experience in mobile devices, hardware, software, embedded software and Android software development.

Benefits: 

• Health and Wellbeing (Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents)
• Financial wellbeing (Competitive compensation, regular bonus and equity refresh opportunities)
• Flexibility and time off (Paid time off, including vacation, bereavement, jury duty, sick leave, parental leave, disability, and holidays)
• Family support and care (Fertility and growing family support, parental leave and baby bonding leave)
• Community and personal development (Educational reimbursement)
• Googley extras (Inspiring spaces to work, recharge, and collaborate with fellow Googlers)

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.