Technical Program Manager, Network Deployment

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**Minimum qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience in program management.
- Experience in program management in the networking area delivering infrastructure assets and vendor management.

**Preferred qualifications**:

- Certifications in PMP (Project Management Professional), and CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate).
- Knowledge of fiber optic systems/submarine cable ecosystem.
- Ability to manage business and technical knowledge to drive the long-term objectives of the organisation.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and identify opportunities for optimisation.
- Ability to adapt to data-driven investigative approaches towards solving challenges.
- Excellent investigative, problem-solving and financial 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 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.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.
As a Technical Program Manager focused on Network Deployments Engineering, you will work on Google Enterprise Network deployment projects and keep Google Enterprise Network current, stable, and vendor support inline with the latest version of respective engineering design. You will be working with Network Engineers, Software Engineers, and Operations teams to ensure new solutions meet Operational needs. You will solve problems relating to efficient scaling, security, and high availability as Google continues to push the boundaries for innovative new technologies.
Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

**Responsibilities**:

- Collaborate with internal business and cross-functional networking technical teams to identify and define tactical and strategic initiatives necessary to meet Google's network infrastructure needs for both expansion and cost optimization across Asia.
- Present network plans for approval by all internal stakeholders. Plan complexity which will range from short-term metro augments to long-term region-wide strategies for Google's network in Asia.
- Manage projects and the approved network plan with internal contributors such as network negotiators or vendor delivery managers to ensure infrastructure is delivered on-time.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to define and improve business processes to enable automation, reduce lead time and manage changes.
- Partner with network negotiators in planning and execution of orders, agreement, and in vendors meetings and industry conferences.

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