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Business Program Manager I, GBOEdu Enablement

Google

Chicago, ILJob$90–128K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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Compensation
$90–128K/yr
Location
Chicago, IL
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Business Program Manager I will support GBOEdu’s work to turn product and intelligence strategy into learning and sales motions that help customers grow. The role develops activation strategies, coordinates program plans and communications, and builds infrastructure for consistent delivery and measurement. It also contributes strategic guidance to improve program efficiency and scale while working with cross-functional teams and global stakeholders.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Program ManagementVendor StrategyVendor ManagementSLA ManagementAnalytical ThinkingProblem SolvingBusiness JudgmentData AnalysisInsight PresentationProcess ImplementationInitiative ManagementWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationDocumentationPresentation Skills

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Practical Experience2 Years Program or Project Management ExperienceProgram Management Certification or IT/Tech Program Management Experience

Full job description

Business Program Manager I, GBOEdu Enablement

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Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

  • 2 years of experience in program or project management.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Program management certification or experience in program management with an IT or Tech company.

  • Experience in setting and executing on vendor strategies, including managing third-party vendors to drive execution against set SLAs.

  • Strong analytical and problem solving experience, combined with business judgment, including ability to analyze data and present insights/recommendations in a clear and compelling manner.

  • Ability to identify and implement complex processes and manage large, complex, strategic and operational initiatives across multiple teams/regions.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication, documentation and presentation skills.

About the job

GBOEdu's mission is to empower the Global Business Organization with critical knowledge, learning and skills to fuel customer success and accelerate growth.

Global Business Organization Education (GBOEdu) is a critical component of GBO's commercial activation engine: Transforming complex product and intelligence strategy into high-velocity, AI-optimized sales and learning motions to accelerate customer growth.

The Global Business Organization (GBO) is the engine that powers Google’s full ecosystem of products and services to help customers and partners succeed and grow. GBO includes the commercial arms of Ads sellers, business development teams, and customer services and support, as well as overlay programs that enable coordinated engagement with Google's most complex and important customers and partners.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $90000 - $128000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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

Responsibilities

  • Develop activation strategies in partnership with a cross-functional team inside and outside GBOEdu.

  • Act as main point of contact on programs, creating project plan including timelines, milestones, budget, management, scheduling, and staffing.

  • Own communication and enrollment strategy, engaging local expertise where required.

  • Create program infrastructure that enables consistent, high quality delivery at scale, including measurement strategy and execution.

  • Provide strategic thought-leadership to continue building program efficiency and scale, working cross-functionally with critical global stakeholders.

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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 11,720 open Program Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$90–128K/yr
  • Illinois median$120–190K/yr227 salary ranges
  • US median$120–202K/yr9,289 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $109K, is 29% below the Illinois median midpoint ($154K) — in the lowest quarter of Program Manager salary ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 260 open Program Manager jobs in Illinois and 11,720 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Program Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 9,982 postings).
Education
4,645 of the 11,720 open Program Manager jobs (40%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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