Program Manager III, Connectivity Planning, Google Enterprise Network
Description For Program Manager III, Connectivity Planning, Google Enterprise Network
Google is seeking a Program Manager III for their Enterprise Network team to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects focused on connectivity planning. This role is crucial in developing and maintaining Google's technical infrastructure, specifically managing network strategies and relationships with telecommunications providers.
The position offers a competitive base salary range of $139,000-$207,000, plus bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits. As a Program Manager, you'll be responsible for creating multi-year metro or region level network strategies, evaluating alternatives, and developing estimates for project-specific feasibility studies. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams and manage relationships with major telecommunications providers.
The ideal candidate should have at least 5 years of experience in program management with cross-functional organizations, demonstrating strong capabilities in vendor management, people management, and financial analysis. Experience with telecommunications providers like Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile is highly valued, as is familiarity with hardware life cycles.
Google's Technical Infrastructure team plays a vital role in keeping the company's networks running efficiently, ensuring users have the best and fastest experience possible. The team takes pride in being the "engineers' engineers" and maintains the architecture behind all of Google's user-facing services.
Working at Google means joining a company committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with a goal of building products that help create opportunities for everyone. The company offers a collaborative environment spanning offices, time zones, and hemispheres, providing opportunities to work on impactful projects that shape the future of technology.
This role is available in Austin, TX or Atlanta, GA, offering the chance to work from major tech hubs while contributing to Google's global infrastructure. The position requires strong communication skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders across the organization.
Join Google's Technical Infrastructure team to be part of building and maintaining the backbone of one of the world's most innovative companies, while enjoying competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits in a culture that values diversity, collaboration, and technical excellence.
Responsibilities For Program Manager III, Connectivity Planning, Google Enterprise Network
- Create multi-year metro or region level network strategies to provide flexible connectivity meeting technical, operational and business requirements while balancing performance and cost
- Evaluate alternatives and develop estimates for project-specific feasibility studies
- Prepare drawings, maps, scopes of work, and other materials as needed to describe projects to external vendors and internal stakeholders
- Create and present cases for long-term business in network and infrastructure
- Execute agreements for metro-ethernet, internet, dark fiber, and wavelength services under existing master agreements
- Communicate and engage with internal teams, Deploy, Network Engineering, Service Delivery, Production, and Operations
Requirements For Program Manager III, Connectivity Planning, Google Enterprise Network
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
- 5 years of experience in program management working with a cross-functional organization
- Experience with vendor management, people management and financial analysis
- 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects
- Experience managing relationships with telecommunications providers
- Experience with hardware life cycle
Benefits For Program Manager III, Connectivity Planning, Google Enterprise Network
- bonus
- equity
- benefits
