Technical Program Manager, People Manager, Enterprise Connectivity Planning

About the job

Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.

Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage various Engineering-specific programs and teams.

Googlers rely upon our network to work without fail each and every day so they can perform their jobs. The Enterprise Connectivity Planning (ECP) Team provides efficient, resilient, secure Enterprise-Network connectivity empowering googlers to succeed, innovate and impact the world.

Ireland: €146000 - €149000 (EUR) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Create multi-year metro or region level network strategies to provide resilient connectivity meeting technical, operational and commercial requirements while balancing performance and cost.
• Evaluate alternatives and develop cost estimates for project-specific feasibility studies. Prepare drawings, maps, scopes of work, and other materials as needed to clearly describe projects to external vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Create and present business cases for long-term investments in network and infrastructure.
• Keep abreast of global industry best practices for end-to-end management of multi-functional technical projects and programs
• Execute agreements for metro-ethernet, internet, dark fiber, and wavelength services under existing master agreements.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• 5 years of experience in leadership roles with/without direct reports.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience managing large-scale projects in a matrixed environment.
• Experience with network planning and engineering, including long haul and metro networks, network availability and resiliency analysis.
• Experience working in a network vendor or telecommunications carrier environment.
• Experience in, or knowledge of cloud networking, DWDM, fiber, interconnect, peering, IP network planning, or implementation role at an ISP, telecoms operator, carrier, or CDN, encompassing technical, commercial, and legal areas of the above.
• Familiarity with agreement structures for circuit types (IRU, PTP, etc.) from a finance and legal standpoint.
• Knowledge of financial analysis, construction, project management, and carrier networking.