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Principal/Director, Technical Program Manager, AI Infrastructure Transformation

Google
San Jose, USA
Director · 10+ years experience
Onsite
USD 281000-391000 / year
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Responsibilities

  • Lead the strategy, planning, and end-to-end delivery of cross-Core and even cross-product area.
  • Take ownership of ambiguous "0 to 1" initiatives where no precedent exists. Define the problem space, secure cross-functional alignment, manage critical dependencies, and build comprehensive roadmaps from scratch.
  • Identify and dismantle organizational silos and systemic friction points. Architect and deploy scalable workflows, prioritization frameworks, operational excellence practices, and continuous improvement processes to increase velocity company-wide.
  • Drive strategy, planning, and comprehensive deployment of cross-Core and cross-product area initiatives. Direct high-level programs without established pathways, clarifying problem scopes, unifying multi-team alignment, mitigating critical friction points, and engineering comprehensive deployment plans from the ground up.
  • Collaborate with executive engineering and product leadership to establish architectural direction. Design and execute scalable operational frameworks. Formulate transparent, analytical performance overviews, risk mitigations, and decision evaluations regarding program development.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 15 years of experience in technical program management or engineering management, and 5 years of experience as a practicing software engineer.
  • 10 years of experience operating as a senior individual contributor (IC), architect, or tech lead driving cross-functional initiatives without direct authority.
  • Experience establishing operational metrics, system availability standards, SLOs, and performance tracking frameworks for software products.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience as a software or ML engineer, providing the "technical gravity" needed to earn the respect of senior technical leaders.
  • Experience building and driving adoption of internal developer platforms or horizontal services.
  • Experience in system architecture, software development, and infrastructure design. Knowledge of large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, AI/ML pipelines with ability to translate complex requirements into scalable solutions.
  • Ability to lead large-scale organizational shifts in methodology or technical architecture.
  • Ability to grow and navigate in highly ambiguous, fast-paced environments, driving clarity and execution from the ground up.
  • Outstanding written and verbal communications, with excellent executive presence.

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