Director, Technical Program Management, Long Range Planning
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Minimum qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Engineering, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 15 years of experience building and executing multi-group and multi-disciplinary projects in infrastructure, data center technology, or global supply chain planning.
Preferred qualifications:
- Professional Engineering Certification.
- Experience in financial modeling and understanding of utility agreements and energy challenges.
- Experience in managing complex vendor relationships and contracts, and understanding standard practices in the design and construction industry.
- Expertise in data center technology, industrial class electrical and cooling technology, or other related areas of technical infrastructure.
About the job
Google's Cloud and Technical Infrastructure teams power the global platform that underpins all of Google's services and cloud platforms. Navigating a future of increasing complexity, extreme demand volatility, and significant capital investment requires a clear, unified, and aligned long-range vision.
Google Global Fleet (GGF) is responsible for demand planning, supply matching, ordering, and advanced tooling to drive Alphabet’s infrastructure investments.
As the Director of Technical Program Management, Long Range Planning, you will be responsible for leading the strategic development, management, and communication of a consensus-driven infrastructure demand plan focused on a long-range horizon (>18 months). This critical plan serves as the primary strategic signal for our global supply chain, finance, and engineering partners to guide massive capital and resource deployment across the company's technical infrastructure portfolio.
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.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $272,000-$383,000 + 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. 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
- Own Long Range Demand Planning (LRDP) process (e.g., monthly or quarterly) to explore a wide variety of rolling >18-month demand forecast scenarios for infrastructure capacity, technology, and materials.
- Identify and analyze significant gaps and "go-gets" for supply chain and infrastructure teams, highlighting areas where scenario demand exceeds capacity.
- Act as a single source of truth for committed long-range plan, ensuring it's effectively communicated to downstream partners (e.g., Supply Chain, Engineering, Product Management) to drive capacity, material, and capital planning.
- Model impact of key strategic drivers on the long-range plan, including new product introductions (NPIs), end-of-life (EOL) transitions, and technology refreshes.
- Continuously identify and manage opportunities for improving the LRDP process, tools, and models to increase efficiency and forecast accuracy. Travel up to 30% of the time.
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