Google

Technical Program Manager III, Software Infrastructure, Google Cloud

Google$163K — $236K *
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 technologies and automated processes for engineering execution.
  • Background in software development or infrastructure engineering.
  • Proven ability managing cross-functional projects and collaborating with diverse teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the execution of technical program strategies for deployment and release infrastructure.
  • Collaborate with engineering leads and product managers to align technical roadmaps.
  • Establish structured program tracking and risk management in complex environments.
  • Monitor program health using operational metrics to measure impact and guide priorities.
  • Communicate effectively with executives and stakeholders through clear updates.

Benefits

  • Exceptional health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Generous paid time off and holidays.
  • Educational opportunities for career growth.
  • Retirement savings plans with company matching.
  • Access to wellness programs and resources.
Full Job Description
Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience in program management.
  • Experience in evaluating, integrating, or leveraging AI technologies, tools, or automated processes for engineering execution and program velocity.
  • Experience in software development or infrastructure engineering.

Preferred qualifications:
  • 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
  • Experience collaborating with internal product, engineering, and large customer teams to drive cross-functional programs and roll out new technologies and solutions.
  • Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguous technical issues and drive consensus.
  • Excellent relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders across technical and organizational boundaries.
  • Demonstrated capability to manage ambiguity and balance a broad range of technical, operational, and stakeholder factors when identifying problems, proposing solutions, and making decisions.


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 Technical Program Manager on the Rollouts team, you will lead complex, high-visibility technical programs that empower engineers across Google to safely and continuously deploy software at planet scale. In this role, you will be responsible for defining program roadmaps, aligning engineering and infrastructure partners, and driving the adoption of centralized, automated release platforms and deployment safety guardrails.

You will bring clarity and structure to ambiguous, multi-team technical issues overseeing everything from platform delivery and migration programs to operational metrics and risk management. If you are passionate about developer velocity, distributed systems reliability, and leading cross-functional engineering initiatives with company-wide impact, this role offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of continuous deployment at Google.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.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

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

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Responsibilities
  • Define, drive, and execute end-to-end technical programs, roadmaps, and delivery milestones for Google's safe deployment and release infrastructure.
  • Partner closely with software engineering leads, product managers, Site Reliability Engineers, and customer teams to align technical roadmaps and manage critical dependencies.
  • Establish clear program structures, milestone tracking, risk identification and mitigation strategies, and delivery cadences in complex, distributed environments.
  • Design and monitor key adoption funnels, reliability indicators, and operational velocity metrics to track program health, measure business impact, and guide architectural priorities.
  • Deliver concise, credible communications and executive-ready status updates for executive leadership, engineering partners, and user communities.


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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Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
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$182.5 billion
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