Technology Manager, Communications

Google • Mountain View, CA

20h • $149,000 - $218,000

About The Position

We help inform and educate users, advertisers, partners, opinion leaders--and
our own employees--about the benefits of Google's products, our distinctive
company culture/values and our approach to the big public policy issues of the
day. You are quick-witted, entrepreneurial and intellectually curious. To
succeed in this role, you are willing to try new things and can manage numerous
projects with tight deadlines. Things happen quickly at Google, and to do great
work, you need to be an enthusiastic team player who can work cross-functionally
with partners across PR, Communications, Marketing, Product, and beyond.

As a Technology Manager on Google's Global Communications & Public Affairs
(GCPA) Strategy and Operations team, you will design, build, and deploy
cutting-edge technical solutions that empower our teams. Your work will focus on
providing AI-powered assistance to communications managers, enabling forward
planning for our leadership, and developing data products for cross-channel
intelligence.

In this role, you will ensure GCPA makes the most of AI and innovative
technologies in a shifting communications landscape. You will build data
pipelines, develop dashboards, and both create solutions yourself and partner
effectively with product managers and engineers to deliver complex products. In
a dynamic, entrepreneurial team, you will be adaptable, intellectually curious,
and capable of managing complex projects in a fluid environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in a technical program management role, including cross-functional work with executive stakeholders and engineers.
• Experience in building and maintaining data pipelines and dashboards using SQL, BigQuery, and Looker Studio.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in integrating AI solutions to optimize tools, processes, and workflows.
• Proficiency in LLM utilization and prompt engineering
• Proven ability to translate ambiguous business requirements into concrete technical solutions and prototypes.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as owner of data pipelines and a portfolio of technical solutions, dashboards, and first-party products. Lead key technical initiatives evolving our internal tooling and automation, ensuring timely and high-quality execution of projects.
• Translate the needs of communications managers into technical specifications and build prototypes. Liaise with technical teams, providing clear product direction, high-quality technical documentation, and day-to-day oversight.
• Manage the life-cycle of features within key tools, from requirements gathering to final deployment and user training. Oversee the development of data pipelines and tools used by our insights analysts and communications managers.
• Configure AI agents and build AI-powered solutions to optimize processes. Drive adoption of new technical solutions in partnership with stakeholders.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on using technology for communications workflows, including AI agents and third-party tools.

What This Job Offers

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