Technical Program Manager, Data Center Construction and Design Engineering
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- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Reston, VA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in technical project management and construction design for data center infrastructure, encompassing multi-disciplinary fields, including civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, architectural, and construction facilities management.
- 4 years of experience in vendor, procurement, and supply chain management for technical infrastructure projects, including overseeing Bills of Materials (BOM) and technical documentation.
- 4 years of experience with construction facilities management documentation, data center program management, technical documentation, data center technology, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering.
Preferred qualifications:
- Technical engineering background and strong program management skills to navigate vendor and stakeholder relationships, design and construction documentation experience.
- Development of detailed agreement drawings, specifications, and submittals, experience with data center lifecycle, design, construction, and operations.
- Ability to leverage AI tools for innovative solutions at scale.
- Strong communication skills, organization, and attention to detail.
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.
The Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Sustaining Engineering Full Production Infrastructure Products occupies a critical intersection between Sustaining Engineering and Product Management.
In this role, you will hold ownership of full production products, managing their entire lifecycle from Full Production through End of Life. You will provide expert technical project management for data center engineering execution, covering disciplines including civil, structural, mechanical, architectural, electrical, telecom, and fire protection.
Beyond routine oversight, you will drive strategic initiatives to deliver new data center capacity at scale. Your work is vital in supporting post-facility-ready projects designed to extend the operational life of the existing data center fleet, with a particular emphasis on maintaining rigorous product documentation and strengthening key vendor relationships.Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $163000 - $237000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Drive technical project management and engineering support for complex data center site execution issues across multi-disciplinary fields (including Electrical, Mechanical, and Civil) while leading strategic capacity initiatives to meet escalating global demands.
- Own the full production infrastructure design lifecycle from initial strategic readiness and Product Lifecycle (PLC) stage-gate triage through to End of Life (EOL) management and fleet integration.
- Partner with vendor resources and supply chain logistics to scale infrastructure products safely, directly overseeing technical documentation, strict code compliance, and change management processes.
- Advocate documentation excellence and fleet transparency by systematically resolving legacy technical debt and supporting post-facility-ready projects to extend the operational life of the existing data center fleet.
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