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Senior Technical Program Manager, Google Lens, Search

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Compensation
$192–278K/yr
Location
Mountain View, CA
Work Authorization
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Job overview

The Senior Technical Program Manager will lead complex initiatives across Google Lens and Multimodal, including the evolution of Circle to Search. The role scopes and guides cross-functional programs from conception through completion, coordinating mobile client surfaces, backend fulfillment, and multimodal AI models. It also requires aligning senior stakeholders, driving decisions, and contributing to operational excellence and a collaborative culture.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Program ManagementTechnical Program ManagementSoftware EngineeringProduct DeliveryConsumer ProductsAI/ML ProductsCross-Functional Project ManagementMultimodal AI/ML SystemsLatency OptimizationClient-Side UI State Machines

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Technical Field or Equivalent8 Years Program Management Experience5 Years Technical Program Management, Software Engineering, or Product Delivery Experience8 Years Cross-Functional Project Management ExperienceEnglish Proficiency

Full job description

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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 technical program management, software engineering, or product delivery for consumer or AI/ML products.

Preferred qualifications:

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

  • Strong technical fluency in multimodal AI/ML systems, latency optimization, and complex client-side UI state machines.

About the job

Search anywhere, anytime, anyhow you want. The Lens team focuses on making it easier and more intuitive for people to ask Google questions and get useful answers.

The Google Lens team is at the forefront of visual and multimodal search at Google, powering intuitive ways for users to query what they see across mobile devices. As part of this mission, we drive Circle to Search (CtS) and its next evolution, unifying how users search their screen, delivering instant, zero-typing answers for full-context queries.

As a Technical Program Manager, you will operate as a key strategic leader, driving complex initiatives that have an impact far beyond your immediate team.

You will lead multiple programs across Lens and Multimodal for example Omni Next the next evolution of Circle to Search proactively identifying opportunities and organizing activities to deliver significant business, operational, and technical improvements. Your role demands that you navigate ambiguity; you will scope, phase, and guide challenging cross-functional and cross-organizational programs from conception through to completion, including managing all downstream change management across mobile client surfaces, backend fulfillment, and multimodal AI models.

A critical responsibility is ensuring clear and consistent alignment among senior stakeholders across disparate groups, building consensus, and driving decisions. Success in this role is built upon your advanced domain knowledge and technical credibility. Beyond your core programs, you will also be a community leader, engaging in contributions that improve our operational excellence and sustain our collaborative culture, helping make Google an even better place to work.

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

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of complex search intelligence and circle to search initiatives across multiple cross-functional Android and multimodal AI teams.

  • Establish program structure for ambiguous, long-term initiatives by building aligned program teams and proactively resolving escalations to unblock progress.

  • Drive data-informed decisions utilizing key metrics across quality, latency, and engagement to implement continuous product lifecycle improvements.

  • Manage stakeholder relationships and align strategic schedules, resources, and risk mitigation plans across all partnering organization levels.

  • Translate complex technical programs spanning client UX and multimodal AI stacks, representing both business and technical perspectives to leadership.

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How this job compares

Set against the 3,790 open Technical Program Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$192–278K/yr
  • California median$168–236K/yr772 salary ranges
  • US median$134–221K/yr3,425 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $235K, is 16% above the California median midpoint ($202K) — in the middle half of Technical Program Manager salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 908 open Technical Program Manager jobs in California and 3,790 across the US. 5% 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 Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (2,909 postings).
Education
1,049 of the 3,790 open Technical Program Manager jobs (28%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 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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