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Manager, Technical Program Manager, AI Foundations

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Compensation
$192–278K/yr
Location
San Jose, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Manager, Technical Program Manager, AI Foundations leads complex, multidisciplinary engineering programs at Google. The role manages a portfolio of programs, establishes governance and decision-making processes, and coordinates stakeholders across technical and non-technical teams. It requires extensive program management and leadership experience, including managing cross-functional technical programs and guiding programs through product development lifecycles.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Program ManagementLeadershipCross-Functional Program ManagementTechnical Program ExecutionProduct DevelopmentTechnical Project LeadershipStakeholder CommunicationProject ManagementChange Management

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Technical Field or Equivalent8 Years Program Management5 Years Leadership ExperienceEnglish Proficiency

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

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XIn accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance

  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match

  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment

  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance

  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks

  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks

  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Jose, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; New York, NY, USA .

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 role with/without direct reports.

  • Experience managing cross-functional technical programs.

Preferred qualifications:

  • 8 years of experience managing cross-functional/team projects.

  • Experience in managing the execution of technical programs.

  • Experience in working with engineers, product managers, product specialists or operations managers to drive product development.

  • Experience in managing product development through the entire life cycle (e.g., from evaluation and planning through design, development, delivery and transition to maintenance).

  • Experience in leading technical projects with multiple stakeholders.

  • Experience in managing projects and communicating between technical and non-technical teams.

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.

The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.

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 aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

  • Define/manage a program portfolio solving problems that target high business impact for the organization and product area.

  • Lead a governance structure that drives effective executive decision-making. Ensure governance structure effectively exposes and mitigates dependencies.

  • Establish a reliable and visible cadence for program reviews, decision-making, prioritization, and resource stewardship (effective deployment of machine and people resources) whereby improvements such as efficiency and utilization gains are measurable and the impact can be felt organization wide.

  • Implement communications standards across a portfolio of programs including executive and key partner communications.

  • Seek out and identify change management opportunities that increase program velocity and which affect multiple teams. Apply governance over change management to ensure it’s used effectively.

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Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) .

If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing ourAccommodations for Applicants form (https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2) .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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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 https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCP_EEO_Post.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.

How this job compares

Set against the 892 open Technical Program Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$192–278K/yr
  • California median$175–264K/yr148 salary ranges
  • US median$147–239K/yr796 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $235K, is 6% above the California median midpoint ($222K) — in the middle half of Technical Program Management salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 181 open Technical Program Management jobs in California and 892 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Technical Program Management postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (702 postings).
Education
204 of the 892 open Technical Program Management jobs (23%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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