Data Centers Program Manager, Tools and Data Management

Company: Google
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted on: June 16, 2022

Job Description:

Minimum qualifications:Bachelor's degree in Technology, Computer Science, Economics, Statistics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.3 years of experience with project management (e.g., agile, waterfall) in an environment to drive user and leadership approved deliverables.3 years of experience in a capital-intensive industry (e.g., energy, utilities, and/or telecommunications).Preferred qualifications:Experience in delivering business tools and systems in a cross-functional environment.Experience with Quickbase.Ability to navigate ambiguity.
Excellent communication skills. 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 Program Manager at Google, you'll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish - working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.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.As a Data Center Program Manager, you will help drive the team's location strategy, site selection, and portfolio management for Google's owned/leased data center sites and related infrastructure. You will focus on developing and managing a portfolio of tools and applications that integrate with the data ecosystem. You will work with associated analytics that the team uses to scale operations, track, analyze work, and provide predictive analytics as needed to inform decision-making.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. Responsibilities Deliver tools, applications, and insights for the global data center Energy and Location Strategy Team.Gather requirements, build project plans/roadmaps, provide oversight and approval of the technical design, get leadership approval, and drive the tool implementation and adoption.Drive creation of artifacts for a typical software development lifecycle (SDLC) program such as requirement document, business benefits, design document, project plan, risk assessment, scope, timeline, resourcing, budget, change management, and communication plan.Communicate the development of tools across the organization including recurring updates to stakeholders, feedback sessions with subject matter experts, and release notes.Translate business needs into technical requirements and effectively communicate and manage prioritization of scope.

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