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Program Manager I, Software Development, Search Ads

GoogleMountain View, CA, USA

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 1 year of experience driving technical programs for the online advertising industry or a related industry.
  • 1 year of experience with program management.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience in cross-functional or cross-team work environments.
  • Experience with data analysis.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation 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.

In Search Ads the teams mission is to support user’s experience with useful ads that deliver advertiser value and power Google’s growth. As part of the Organization Effectiveness team, you will enable teams to realize this mission by landing simple processes, connected tooling, and managing operations across the program life-cycle. You will contribute to reducing churn, increasing efficiency and velocity, and supporting organizational culture through operational excellence.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $99,000-$145,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. 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

  • Coordinate and deliver program communications in collaboration with program stakeholders, including metrics progress, meeting notes, meeting AIs, decision/escalation logs, newsletters, and websites. 
  • Collect data relating to program progress from program stakeholders. 
  • Author program charter that addresses scope and timeline of basic programs, specify program OKRs, and explain resource requirements/dependencies.
  • Author stakeholder map that specifies who is impacted by/who influences program outcome in collaboration with program stakeholders.
  • Triage technical bugs and feature requests alongside engineering stakeholders for purposes of prioritization, resourcing, and tracking execution.

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Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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