Technical Program Manager, Chrome Browser, Desktop - Waterloo, Ontario

This posting is for a new vacancy. · Minimum qualifications: · Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience. · 5 years of experience in program management. · Experience managing software development programs for the open web. · Preferred qualificatio ...

Job description

This posting is for a new vacancy.
Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program management.
• Experience managing software development programs for the open web.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Familiarity with developing for the open web, including web standards bodies and Chromium.

About the job
Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique developing issues we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary developing projects using your developing expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with developers.

Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage projects of various size and scope, identifying future opportunities, improving processes and driving the technical directions of your programs.

As a Technical Program Manager within the Chrome Browser team, you will provide a program management partnership cross-functionally. You will support Web Platform teams by leading, organizing, and managing projects and programs in collaboration with Developing, Product, and Marketing leads. You will manage and deliver on all of Chrome's priorities.Chrome is dedicated to building a better, more open web. We're focused on making a better browser (on both desktop and mobile) to help users take advantage of all the web has to offer in a safe and secure way.Chrome is available across all major platforms — iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS. We also built Chrome as an open source project so the entire web ecosystem could benefit from the latest innovations in speed, simplicity and security.

The Canada base salary range for this full-time position is CAD 162,000-166,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Please note that the compensation details listed in Canada role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams of developers, product managers, and UX designers/researchers in executing projects and programs from concept to launch, including planning, tracking progress, identifying and resolving issues, and managing dependencies.
• Design and roll-out processes and tools to increase the velocity of developing teams, and the quality of product launches.
• Provide program management leadership for the portfolio of program priorities and establish effective partnerships with developing, product, and User Experience (UX) leads.
• Deliver continuous transparency to keep core team members aligned, and stakeholders informed.
• Leverage an understanding of feature development to identify and build new operational improvements and processes.

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. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .