Leadership Program Manager, Distributed Cloud

Leadership Program Manager, Google Distributed Cloud

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By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:
Sunnyvale, CA, USA;
Kirkland, WA, USA.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in sourcing or category management within the technology or hyperscale industry.
• 10 years of experience in program or project management.
• 10 years of experience managing OEM partnerships (compute, networking, storage) and system integration models.
• 7 years of experience in a leadership role with direct reports.
• 5 years of experience driving programs in cloud infrastructure.

• 10 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• 5 years of experience in leading contract negotiations, TCO modeling, and developing formal supply chain risk mitigation frameworks.
• Experience supporting distributed, or hybrid cloud hardware deployment models.
• Experience in managing the complete hardware product life-cycle, including NPI strategy, technology transition planning, and end-of-life management.

As a Senior Leadership Program Manager at Google, you’ll lead 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.

As a Senior Leadership Program Manager, you will be crucial to powering Google Distributed Cloud by developing and executing an intelligent, scalable, and resilient supply chain for its hardware foundation, which extends Google’s infrastructure to customer data centers and edge locations. You will connect innovation to execution by leading the end‑to‑end global sourcing strategy, building trusted partnerships and accelerating time‑to‑market for high‑value Original Equipment Manufacturer hardware (including compute, network, and storage) and System Integration partners which involves owning all commercial and contractual relationships with a supplier portfolio, driving significant cost optimization, and actively mitigating critical supply chain risks to ensure secure, scalable, and sustainable distributed cloud deployments globally.

• Develop and execute multiyear sourcing strategies for OEM hardware and Systems Integrator partners, driving Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) optimization.
• Lead high‑value commercial negotiations (MSAs, pricing, capacity) with suppliers.
• Act as the primary commercial owner for OEM/SI partners, fostering executive relationships and mitigating supply chain risks.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and NPI teams to translate technical needs into sourcing strategies and scale global integration capacity.
• Monitor supplier performance using Key Performance Indicator, Service Level Agreement (KPIs/SLAs), lead Quarterly Business Review (QBRs), and ensure contractual adherence.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law.

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• Mid‑Senior level

• Full‑time

• Project Management, Strategy/Planning, and Other

• Information Services and Technology
• Information and Internet

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