Regional Manager, Data Center Network Delivery

About the Job

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 various Engineering-specific programs and teams. 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.

Ireland: €180000 - €185000 (EUR) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Direct management of a team of Technical Program Managers. You will be responsible for hiring, coaching, and developing your direct reports to help them achieve their professional goals and meet program objectives.
• Partner with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to set and implement the short-term and long-term network infrastructure delivery strategy for your region. 
• Own the delivery of the entire portfolio of data center network projects, driving effective execution at scale within large, multi-project programs. 
• Nurture relationships with partner teams to ensure alignment and seamless execution. 
• Drive process development and iterative optimization to streamline workflows and increase efficiency across your programs. Lead your team to simplify execution, manage top programs and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), and bring tooling efficiencies to help teams execute effectively.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in program management
• 7 years of experience in leadership roles with/without direct reports.

Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge in data networking architectures and physical network components.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously and to learn new business and technical skills and to adapt to changing environments.
• Ability to use sound technical judgment to develop and articulate a strong program management philosophy with examples of success and/or key learnings from failures; awareness of different program methodologies and frameworks
• Ability to make tough calls, holds people accountable, takes responsibility for outcomes, mobilizes the organization to deliver excellence, and perseveres to get things done despite obstacles. Always strives for high achievement.