Technical Program Manager, NPI Operations Business Process

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• 8 years of experience in the following fields: new product introduction (NPI), supply chain management, manufacturing, operations, material planning, and joint design manufacturing (JDM).
• 8 years of experience in technical infrastructure, overseeing the New Product Introduction (NPI) from launch to mass production in a technical program management role.

Preferred qualifications:

• 12 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience in planning, manufacturing operations, logistics, material management, and supply chain design and strategy.
• Experience working with executive leadership, with excellent reasoning, problem-solving, creative thinking skills.
• Knowledge of Hardware Bill of Materials (BOM), Assembly and Test Processes, Project requirements and schedules.

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.

Our goal is to build a Google that looks like the world around us — and we want Googlers to stay and grow when they join us. As part of our efforts to build a Google for everyone, we build diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and we aim to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout the company.

In this role, you will join the team responsible for developing and implementing New Product Introduction (NPI) transformation processes to enable NPI launches. Your expertise in hardware and manufacturing supply chain processes and develop and qualify new manufacturing processes in collaboration with Contract Manufacturers (CM) and Joint Development Manufacturers (JDM). You will have an understanding of the supply chain tools, processes and techniques used to manufacture infrastructure and server products. You are a valued partner to the product development team via your industry knowledge, and advocacy of product ops organization to support delivery of the caliber products and fulfillment supply chains.

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.

Responsibilities

• Work with hardware development teams to execute on large process implementation and improvements.
• Lead and align teams on goals and metrics, facilitating program sessions and delivering outcomes for NPI operation and supply chain program management roles.
• Develop, define, and lead top-level Objectives and Key Results (OKR 's) across multiple functional teams and in an ambiguous setting.
• Identify and deliver opportunities to integrate or modify existing processes and tools to support improved risk, resilience, and cost management systems.
• Coordinate with supply chain managers to identify robust new manufacturing supply chains requirements and collaborate with engineering teams to enable scalable manufacturing processes to keep up with new technology and industry standards.