Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience in program management.
• Experience in NPI operations management or supply chain management/manufacturing operations/development or operations, engineering/contract manufacturer or Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) management.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time as required.

Preferred qualifications:

• 15 years of experience in program management.
  
• Ability to drive solutions across multiple cross-functional teams, and supply chain management team.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and with ability to present to the leadership team.

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.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.

Responsibilities

• Drive overall ramp readiness with engineering, operations and Contract Manufacturer teams, (i.e. material availability, capacity readiness, transition plans).
• Lead Contract Manufacturer Operations team in planning and executing development builds and new product ramps and follow through all engineering development builds and influence product manufacturability, testability, and supply chain responsiveness in pursuit of high quality, low cost and maximum flexibility
• Drive cross-functional teams to optimize supply chain, while providing strategic plans to balance risks, changes in schedule or demand
• Manage all operations-related communications, upward and downward, throughout the organization, escalate key issues and present options for resolution to the cross-functional executive teams.
• Oversee and prioritize risk mitigation strategies, (i.e., tech assessment, new tech application, cost variance, supply chain review. etc), and manage equipment budget at the factory and provide support for products in a sustaining environment.