Google

Senior Technical Program Manager, CDN and Edge Security

Google$192K — $278K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical field, business, operations, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in program management.
  • Experience in networking, data center, or telecommunications environments.
  • Experience with network infrastructure security or operational hardware product management.

Responsibilities

  • Direct cross-functional initiatives for security strategies across global edge infrastructure.
  • Serve as the operational product lead for edge caching and CDN hardware portfolios.
  • Lead lifecycle management for new edge hardware, ensuring reliable capacity.
  • Collaborate with hardware vendors to influence product roadmaps and technical specs.
  • Translate customer delivery needs and technical network capabilities into operational plans.

Benefits

  • Access to a range of employee benefits, including health and wellness programs.
  • Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
  • Flexible working arrangements to accommodate diverse work locations.
Full Job Description
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X The application window will be open until at least September 15, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Addison, TX, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Thornton, CO, USA.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical field, business, operations, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in program management.
  • Experience working within networking, data center, or telecommunications infrastructure environments.
  • Experience with network infrastructure security or experience with operational hardware product management (e.g., defining hardware product roadmaps, prioritizing backlogs, or managing product lifecycles).

Preferred qualifications:
  • Experience delivering technical programs within hyperscale cloud environments, large-scale telecommunications, or global infrastructure sectors.
  • Experience maintaining relationships with Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) hardware vendors and influencing product development or roadmaps.
  • Experience in operational product management, lifecycle planning, or New Product Introductions (NPI) for physical hardware portfolios.
  • Experience managing complex stakeholders and driving alignment across organizational silos without direct authority.
  • Practical understanding of network-layer or physical infrastructure security frameworks.
  • Ability to act as a pragmatic speaking partner for internal security organizations, translating security requirements into operational deliverables.


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.

As a Senior Technical Program Manager on the Edge Capacity Delivery team, you will drive critical strategic initiatives that maintain and secure our connection to the outside world. This unique leadership role bridges two distinct and critical domains: operational product management for our global Content Delivery Network (CDN) hardware portfolio, and the implementation of our edge security frameworks.

In this position, you will optimize quality and efficiency for a massive, globally distributed hardware fleet. On the product side, you will guide standard Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) hardware through its full lifecycle, influencing vendor roadmaps and navigating supply chain complexities. On the security side, you will act as a pragmatic speaking partner to our security organizations, focusing on physical site and network-layer security rather than application-level software vulnerabilities.

This is a high-impact individual contributor role requiring exceptional stakeholder management, program leadership in ambiguous hyperscale environments, and ability to influence without authority across complex organizational silos.

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 force 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: $192000 - $278000 (USD) 20% bonus target equity benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Direct cross-functional initiatives to execute security strategies and frameworks across globally distributed edge infrastructure, acting as a pragmatic liaison to security organizations with a focus on network-layer and physical site security.
  • Serve as the operational product lead for the edge caching and Content Delivery Network (CDN) hardware portfolio, developing comprehensive product roadmaps and prioritizing engineering backlogs.
  • Lead end-to-end lifecycle management and introduction processes for new edge hardware generations, developing deployment plans to ensure capacity reliability and seamless integration.
  • Collaborate directly with third-party hardware vendors and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to influence vendor product roadmaps, evaluate technical specifications, and navigate supply chain complexities.
  • Serve as the primary operational conduit between engineering teams and internal business stakeholders, translating customer delivery requirements and technical network capabilities into structured operational plans.

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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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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