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Technical Program Manager III, Operational Readiness Review, Google Cloud

Google • $163K — $236K *
Austin, TX 78745In-Person
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
  • 5 years of program management experience.
  • Proven experience with Operational Readiness Reviews (ORR).
  • In-depth knowledge of enterprise network infrastructure including routing, switching, and network security.
  • Experience with Agile, Scrum, or Kanban frameworks focused on infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Define and implement the ORR framework as a gatekeeper for new network technologies.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure designs meet operational standards.
  • Create detailed engineering documentation for deployment and troubleshooting.
  • Perform risk assessments for new deployments with rollback strategies.
  • Track operational readiness metrics to measure deployment success.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) plan with company match.
  • Generous paid time off and holiday schedule.
  • Access to wellness and fitness programs.
  • Opportunities for continuing education and professional development.
Full Job Description
Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience in program management.
  • Experience with Operational Readiness Reviews (ORR).
  • Experience with enterprise network infrastructure, such as routing or switching protocols (BGP, OSPF), SD-WAN, spine-leaf architectures, wireless networking, or network security.

Preferred qualifications:
  • PMP, PMI-ACP, or CSM Certification.
  • 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
  • Experience with New Product Introduction (NPI) or service transitions within a large-scale operations infrastructure.
  • Experience with network monitoring, telemetry, and logging frameworks to ensure Day-2 supportability.
  • Experience using Agile, Scrum, or Kanban frameworks adapted for infrastructure or hardware life-cycles.


Responsibilities
  • Define and implement the Operational Readiness Review (ORR) framework. Serve as the ultimate gatekeeper ensuring new network technologies meet strict operational criteria before deployment.
  • Partner with Network Architecture, Engineering, Product, and Security teams during the early design phases to advocate for operational observability, supportability, and maintainability.
  • Ensure the creation of comprehensive engineering documentation, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), troubleshooting runbooks, high/low-level designs (HLD/LLD), and failover validation playbooks.
  • Conduct rigorous risk assessments for new deployments, defining clear rollback strategies, blast-radius limitations, and monitoring requirements to protect network availability.
  • Define and track metrics quantifying operational readiness success (e.g., Time-to-Ready, Day-2 support ticket volume post-launch, deployment success rates).


US: $163000 - $236000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

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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
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+23.3%
Revenue
$182.5 billion
NASDAQ
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