As a Program Manager at Google's Core, Finance Engineering team, you'll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects. Responsibilities include designing optimized communication plans, determining program phasing and metrics, managing program data for stakeholder decision-making, anticipating change management needs, and building strong relationships with stakeholders. You'll work with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Finance Engineering, Operations, Business PMO) to ensure alignment on roadmaps and execution. The role requires at least 5 years of program/project management experience and 5 years in privacy (e.g., GDPR, data inventory, encryption). Experience with ERP implementations (SAP, Oracle) and SDLC deliverables is essential. The Core team focuses on building foundational elements for Google's products, impacting technical decisions across the company.
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Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience in program or project management.
5 years of experience in privacy with one of the following privacy principles or technologies: privacy by design, user data protection, GDPR, data inventory, DLP, Encryption, anonymization or privacy impact assessments.
Experience with third-party ERP (e.g., SAP, Oracle, enterprise applications) implementations and working with Engineering and Business teams and SDLC deliverables.
Preferred qualifications:
5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
Ability to partner with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, ensuring accountability for planning, providing visibility into resource needs, and intake management of new features or requirements.
Ability to lead the collaboration among cross-product area Engineering, Finance Engineering, Operations, and Business PMO teams to ensure regional and global alignment on program roadmaps and execution.
Ability to support communication to stakeholders by working with Engineering and Business work-stream Program Managers, and Pillar Change Management Leads.
Ability to ensure the correct stakeholders are involved in meetings and run effective meetings.
About the job
A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Program Manager at Google, you’ll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish — working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.
Our goal is to build a Google that looks like the world around us — and we want Googlers to stay and grow when they join us. As part of our efforts to build a Google for everyone, we build diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and we aim to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout the company.
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.
Responsibilities
Design and deliver optimized program communication plans including executive and key partner communications.
Determine phasing and metrics associated with program life-cycle that address continuous improvement including Resource Stewardship and objectives.
Determine and collect data required to manage programs and drive stakeholder decision-making.
Anticipate change management requirements that are needed by program stakeholders.
Build relationships with program stakeholders, including managing expectations of executive cross-functional leads, and ensure they have the insights they need to make effective decisions.
A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.