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Senior Leadership Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure Planning and Efficiency

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Compensation
$240–333K/yr
Location
Kirkland, WA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Leadership Technical Program Manager will lead complex engineering programs focused on capacity planning, efficiency, obtainability, and reliability. The role involves organizing portfolio activities, aligning cross-functional stakeholders, and delivering technical solutions and downstream change management. The manager will work with engineering, product, business, and operations teams to plan objectives, manage schedules and milestones, identify risks, and communicate with stakeholders and leadership.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Program ManagementLeadershipCapacity PlanningDemand PlanningSupply ChainCross-Functional Project ManagementEngineering CollaborationProduct CollaborationOperations CollaborationEnglish Proficiency

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Technical Field or Equivalent10 Years Program Management7 Years Leadership Experience10 Years Cross-Functional Project Management

Benefits

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

Full job description

Senior Leadership Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure Planning and Efficiency

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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: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA .

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 roles with/without direct reports.

  • Experience in capacity planning, demand planning, or supply chain.

Preferred qualifications:

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

  • Experience working with engineering, product and operations 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.

As a Technical Program Manager, you will lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise, with a focus on capacity planning, efficiency, obtainability and reliability programs. You will proactively identify, organize, and lead portfolio activities and stakeholders in order to successfully deliver technical solutions. You will scope, phase, and lead ambiguous cross-functional and cross-organizational challenges including delivering downstream change management, alongside your stakeholder team. You will ensure alignment of cross-functional and cross-organizational stakeholders.The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving channel behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $240000 - $333000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

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

Responsibilities

  • Lead a portfolio of several engineering programs for a fast-paced, innovative engineering team. Work with our engineering, product and business stakeholders to deliver outstanding business outcome alignment with our organizational priorities.

  • Identify stakeholders and work with them to strategize, plan, and prioritize objectives and success criteria.

  • Manage project schedules, identify possible issues and clearly communicate them to project stakeholders and leadership.

  • Take responsibility for release schedules and milestones, keeping up a high velocity in a fast-paced environment.

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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 3,728 open Technical Program Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$240–333K/yr
  • Washington median$149–201K/yr347 salary ranges
  • US median$135–220K/yr3,364 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $287K, is 64% above the Washington median midpoint ($175K) — in the top quarter of Technical Program Manager salary ranges in Washington.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 356 open Technical Program Manager jobs in Washington and 3,728 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience; Technical Program Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (2,850 postings).
Education
1,051 of the 3,728 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 27, 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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