Senior Technical Program Manager, Discover Experience

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• Experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Management.
• Experience with Product Life Cycle Management.

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.

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 Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

Google Discover's mission is to make it effortless for people to catch up on their interests by bringing together informative, entertaining content from the voices they care about. We are on a path to transform Discover and help users explore new types of content they are interested in. We are also reshaping their consumption experience for them to participate in conversations, feel connected with friends, family, and even strangers.

In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $183,000-$271,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $183,000-$271,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Define program scope and manage schedules for key work streams in Discover Experience feature development and delivery.
• Collaborate across teams such as Content, Design, Ranking, and Infrastructure for dependency alignment and execution coordination.
• Monitor and drive progress against annual growth goals, and key operational metrics that provide more nuanced understanding of systems health and operations.
• Use in-depth understanding of the feature development stack, identify and triage product issues as they get reported by internal fooding. Maintain a list of canonical issues and reconcile incoming issues.
• Communicate project status, risks, and technical trade-offs to stakeholders, ensuring alignment on timely issue resolution.