Technical Program Manager II, Test Engineering, Platforms and Devices

Google • Mountain View, CA

6h • $138,000 - $198,000

About The Position

Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep
the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering
challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead
complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering
expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects
through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules,
identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're
equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to
executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development
with engineers.

Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage projects of
various size and scope, identifying future opportunities, improving processes
and driving the technical directions of your programs.

The Google Home team is looking to add a Technical Program Manager who is a
proficient user of AI technologies and seeks opportunities to use AI/ML
technologies to independently manage improvements across programs. In this role,
you will serve as a liaison between the Test Engineering teams, Engineering,
PM's, UX, and Support teams.

As a TPM you will be providing test program management during analysis, design,
development, implementation, and post implementation launch phases. You will
lead and drive cross-functional, cross-vertical test process to enable
standardization, optimization, and/or transformation.
The Google Home team focuses on hardware, software and services offerings for
the home, ranging from thermostats to smart displays. The Home team researches,
designs, and develops new technologies and hardware to make users’ homes more
helpful. Our mission is the helpful home: to create a home that cares for the
people inside it and the world around it.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in program management.
• Experience in both vendor management and risk management.
• Experience in both of the following: software test engineering experience driving test engineering requirements, and integrating AI/ML technologies to manage improvements across programs.

Nice To Haves

• 2 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience in any one of the following: test automation, test coverage, or test planning.
• Knowledge of SQL, relational databases, and other data storage solutions.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate end to end test development activities and dependencies across internal and external teams.
• Maintain and co-author technical documentation used for product test plans and test processes.
• Automate test status reporting with clear test signals. Create and maintain automated dashboards.
• Run test programs at scale, manage multiple complex and ambiguous test programs, and highlight risks with clear mitigation plans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level