Technical Program Manager, Search Velocity and AI Acceleration

Technical Program Manager, Search Velocity and AI Acceleration

Mountain View, CA, USA

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in program management.
• Experience managing AI/ML or Large Language Model (LLM) production workflows (model release cycles, prompt engineering/bundling, automated evaluation/rating systems).

• 10 years of experience managing complex cross‑functional or cross‑team projects.
• Experience with agentic development platforms.
• Experience building trust across multiple levels of the organization and driving forward progress across functions.
• Ability to use quantitative insights to root‑cause delays and implement systemic solutions that transcend organizational boundaries.
• Exceptional skills in influencing and creating clarity within ambiguous or rapidly changing environments, bridging communication gaps between engineering and cross‑functional leadership teams.

Google’s projects span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while diving into unique engineering challenges. As a Technical Program Manager you lead complex, multi‑disciplinary engineering projects using your expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and guide projects through the entire lifecycle, manage schedules, identify risks, and communicate them to stakeholders. You explain analyses and recommendations to executives and discuss technical trade‑offs with engineers.

You will lead the strategic evolution of Search during its most significant architectural shift, migrating the organization from legacy processes to a high‑velocity AI framework. This role requires a visionary approach to partner with senior leadership in redesigning the SDLC for the AI era, transitioning to agentic development platforms and a skills‑based model. You will use advanced analytics to predict operational trends and incubate autonomous, agentic processes to deliver exceptional product experiences at the speed of AI.

In Google Search, we’re reimagining what it means to search for information anywhere, solving complex engineering challenges and expanding infrastructure while maintaining a universally accessible experience. Your impact will reach billions worldwide.

• Reduce Search feature time‑to‑launch by mapping the SDLC, identifying systemic friction points, and eliminating recurring bottlenecks in code authoring, technical reviews, and approvals.
• Lead initiatives to automate and shorten approval timelines, and develop agentic development platforms to streamline infrastructure tasks.
• Accelerate model onboarding and re‑bas?ing by driving automated rating adoption, minimizing manual evaluations for complex, high‑value use cases.
• Own the Search Velocity portfolio, proactively de‑risk OKR delivery and manage complex stakeholder relationships across the organization to ensure strategic alignment.
• Partner with senior leadership to redesign the SDLC for the AI era, establishing unified project definitions and streamlined approval paths to minimize coordination toil.

US: $240,000 - $334,000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits.

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