Lead Technical Program Manager, Pixel Software

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**In-office locations: Sydney NSW, Australia.**

**Remote location(s): New South Wales, AU.**
Minimum qualifications:

- 10 years of experience in program management working with cross-functional teams.
- Experience in mobile phone testing of 5G/4G technologies.
- Experience in project, team, and people leadership.

Preferred qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience in 5G/4G log analysis and debug issues from field tests to drive field/functional performance and Carrier test.
- Experience in 5G R15/R16 carrier requirements and driving cellular field testing projects across multiple product areas and distributed sites, with competing resources and priorities.
- Experience in 5G (FR2/FR1)/4G Modem/Telephony.
- Ability to influence, collaborate, and deliver solutions in a continuous changing environment.
- Excellent organizational, stakeholder management, project management, data analysis, and communication skills.

**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.

The Google Pixel team focuses on designing and delivering the world's most helpful mobile experience. The team works on shaping the future of Pixel devices and services through some of the most advanced designs, techniques, products, and experiences in consumer electronics. This includes bringing together the best of Google’s artificial intelligence, software, and hardware to build global smartphones and create transformative experiences for users across the world.

**Responsibilities**:

- Lead and manage cellular system validation for field test activity by exercising technical judgment to keep goals, projects, and products attainable within a given timeline.
- Analyze the 5G/4G logs from the field test, identify key issues, and work with the Test/Software team to resolve it.
- Summarize the 5G R15/R16 carrier features, analyze data, and manage bug reporting to drive and secure the Pixel modem quality, from Modem/Telephony perspective.
- Communicate with stakeholders with clear quality signal per testing progress.
- Identify opportunities for field automation and manage development of field automation tools/processes.

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