Google

Cloud AI Technical Program Manager III

Google$163K — $237K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
  • 5 years of program management experience.
  • Experience with AI model training and evaluation processes, particularly with Large Language Model (LLM) release cycles.
  • Strong understanding of KPIs for AI products.

Responsibilities

  • Navigate organizational complexity as a Technical Program Manager (TPM) focusing on Generative AI delivery.
  • Apply rigorous program management strategies to complex AI projects while providing thought leadership.
  • Oversee end-to-end program lifecycles, including requirement gathering and feature prioritization.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to define workstreams, resource plans, and project milestones for cohesive delivery.
  • Communicate project statuses clearly to stakeholders and manage high-impact customer engagements.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
  • 20 days of vacation per year, with additional sick time benefits.
  • Generous maternity leave and baby bonding leave policies.
  • 13 paid holidays per year.
Full Job Description
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X In 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.
  • 5 years of experience in program management.
  • Experience with AI model training, testing, evaluation, and tuning processes, Large Language Model (LLM) release cycles, and timeline management.
  • Experience in KPIs for AI products.

Preferred qualifications:
  • 10 years of experience managing complex cross-functional or cross-team projects.
  • Experience with ML/AI principles and their distinctions from traditional software development and expertise translating technical concepts into strategy.
  • Experience working on agentic frameworks and products.
  • Experience managing customer relationships and promoting best practices.
  • Demonstrated track record of managing work streams and ensuring alignment on key milestones and strong problem-solving and strategic thinking skills to navigate rapidly changing programs.
  • Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.


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 Technical Program Manager at Google, you'll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You'll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

Join our Cloud AI team and shape the future of AI development.

As a Technical Program Manager (TPM), you will guide the delivery of Generative AI products for enterprise customers. You will partner with product managers, engineers, and leadership to define roadmaps, prioritize features, dive deeper into the technical and product specifications, and drive complex technical projects to successful release. In this role, you will navigate a fast-paced environment where your technical depth, product understanding, and program management expertise directly influence Google's AI strategy. If you are passionate about AI, skilled at managing complex programs, and ready to go deep technically on the product specifications, we want to hear from you. Help us empower developers to build the next generation of intelligent applications.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization's ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google's cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $163,000-$237,000 bonus equity benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Be an innovative thinker capable of navigating organizational complexity. Highly motivated TPM with exceptional problem-solving skills and deep contextual knowledge to lead our Generative AI delivery efforts, spanning Agent platforms, Gemini Enterprise, and model deployment.
  • Manage programs with deep technical and product understanding, applying rigorous program management to complex AI contexts while providing thought leadership.
  • Manage end-to-end lifecycles, from requirement gathering and risk assessment to feature prioritization.
  • Partner with engineering and program manager to define workstreams, resource plans, project milestones. Drive feature planning, building cohesion and alignment across all stakeholders.
  • Provide clear project status updates to audiences, including cross-functional partners and leadership. Manage high-impact customer engagements, advocate new evaluation methodologies, and define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for data quality and success.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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