Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 2 years of experience working in materials management, supply chain, manufacturing, operations, and hardware development.
  
• 2 years of experience in program or project management.
  
• Experience in New Product Introduction (NPI) supply chain management.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• MBA or Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or Operations Research.
  
• Experience across all phases of a product from prototype to mass production to end of life.
  
• Experience with supply/demand planning and accounting/finance.
  
• Experience leading cross-functional process improvements, using strong analytical and communication/facilitation skills.
  
• Ability to collaborate and influence across multiple levels of an organization.
• Comfortable shifting between detailed analysis and big picture thinking, and customizing communications based on the audience.
  

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.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

• Drive material and supply chain readiness for all NPI builds from concept phase to production handoff, partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure success.
  
• ­Identify and communicate supply chain risks and mitigation plans to ensure materials readiness for NPI builds, as well as enabling long-term supply continuity into production.
  
• Be the primary materials liaison with ODM/CM/Suppliers, manage spend against project budgets, and drive large production risk buys and strategic buffers.
  
• Develop and document global supply chain map for each product including suppliers, procurement model, lead time, shipment logistics, assembly/test/fulfillment model, and spares strategies. 
  
• Update project schedules, communicate status and risks, and influence change, and represent the new product introduction supply chain organization in internal program meetings, driving initiatives and process improvements to help the team grow in scalability.