Program Manager, Central Operations, Pixel Test Engineering

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of program management experience working on cross-functional programs.
  
• 1 year of experience with mobile devices software testing and product development cycles, mobile device OEMs, and suppliers.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Experience working with software and testing teams.
• Excellent technical judgment and analytical 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.

The Pixel Test Engineering organization is responsible for the end-to-end integration testing of Pixel devices within the Google ecosystem. We aim to elevate and accelerate mobile testing and device quality.

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

• Manage India vendor operations horizontally, support rightshoring, vendor selection, onboarding and transition. Attend business reviews and manage relationships and escalations with local vendors to drive efficiency gain.
  
• Establish programs systematically with clear scope, schedule, budget, and measurement. Align stakeholders on decision and changing circumstances, remove blockers, balance business continuity and compliance.
  
• Identify solutions and improvements, execute independently through program full life cycles to drive operational excellence (e.g., plan, requirements, design, implementation etc.)
  
• Support lab and space planning, forecast, securing space and seats, building moving and expansion. Collect data to createa central catalog for buildings and labs.