Google

Program Manager, Technical Ecosystem Development

Google$188K — $274K *
Technical Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in program or project management.
  • 8 years managing programs and processes across distributed systems.
  • Experience in negotiation, especially with regulatory or land-use issues internationally.
  • 8 years managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
  • Experience navigating complex political, regulatory, or geographic constraints in various regions.
  • Knowledge of GDC infrastructure systems, including civil engineering and power logistics.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee technical risk strategies and due diligence across data center developments.
  • Drive program execution impacting fleet capacity objectives and orchestrate infrastructure deployment.
  • Intervene in critical escalations and lead negotiations with external authorities and developers.
  • Identify and resolve process breakdowns among acquisition, real estate, and construction teams.
  • Lead efforts to address blockers for data center construction and development.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Generous paid time off and vacation policy.
  • Retirement plan with employer matching contributions.
  • Opportunity for professional development and education reimbursements.
  • Access to wellness programs and resources.
Full Job Description
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X Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in program or project management.
  • 8 years of experience managing programs and processes across distributed systems.
  • Experience in negotiation, including resolving regulatory, land-use, or utility bottlenecks internationally.

Preferred qualifications:
  • 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
  • Experience navigating complex local political, regulatory, or geographic constraints in the US, EMEA, or APAC to deliver multi-billion-dollar infrastructure programs.
  • Knowledge of GDC infrastructure systems (e.g., civil engineering, grid-scale power, or contractor housing logistics like contractor villages).


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.

The Strategic Partnerships Office (SPO) is responsible for architecting, launching, and scaling a dual-focus partnership engine spanning both manufacturing and community ecosystems. The SPO organization will operate at the intersection of industrial innovation, external affairs, and civic impact, creating bridges between Google's technology capabilities and the real-world partners that extend our reach and mission.

In this role, you will operate under the ecosystem development pillar of SPO. Serving as a catalyst for market expansion, the ecosystem development team cultivates strategic alliances that amplify Alphabet's technology footprint. This pillar builds and nurtures comprehensive networks of developers, partners, and industry consortia, creating a growing environment where third-party innovations integrate seamlessly with Alphabet's core platforms. The team works to align cross-industry technical standards and unlock new commercial pathways, ensuring that scaling infrastructure is supported by a robust, interdependent market. By leveraging executive sponsorships to bridge gaps between emerging startups and established enterprises, this organization expands Alphabet's market influence and cements our technology as the foundational standard for the modern digital economy.

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 team behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our 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: $188000 - $274000 (USD) 20% bonus target equity benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Oversee technical risk strategies and due diligence across a complex regional portfolio of data center developments.
  • Drive program execution that directly impacts fleet capacity Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and orchestrate infrastructure deployment projects.
  • Intervene in highly critical escalations and lead high-stakes negotiations with external authorities, utility providers, and land developers.
  • Identify systemic process breakdowns between acquisition, real estate, and construction.
  • Identify blockers for data center construction and development, and lead cross-functional efforts to durably resolve issues.


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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Size
156,500 employees
Market Cap
$1,115.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+23.3%
Revenue
$182.5 billion
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