Technical Program Manager, Submarine Networks

**Minimum qualifications**:

- 10 years of Technical Program Management experience working cross-functionally.
- 8 years of experience in vendor management and vendor agreements.
- Experience in financial analysis specifically modelling, budgeting, and resource planning.

**Preferred qualifications**:

- Advanced Degree in an engineering or other technical field.
- Understanding of telecommunications submarine cable fiber optic technical design and installation, including manufacturing process, quality assurance, marine best practices, and safety.
- Ability to work comfortably in an environment where professional judgment is needed to fill in the gaps and support the decision.
- Excellent attention to detail, written/verbal communication, organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills.

**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 Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

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.

In this role, you will drive fiber optic submarine cable construction projects for the Global Network Services team. You will work with submarine cable vendors, partners, and internal teams through close collaboration and teamwork with Strategic Negotiators, Technical Program Manager, Network Deployment Engineers, Product Managers and Network Architects. You will use your understanding of the Google Network and your expertise in marine survey, marine installation, manufacturing, permitting, optical transport, outside plant fibers, and telecommunications industry best-practices to lead cross-functional teams in driving the genesis and completion of submarine cable projects.

**Responsibilities**:

- Communicate with internal business owners to collect drivers and deadlines for delivering submarine construction projects.
- Collaborate with partners, vendors, and internal stakeholders to drive the construction of submarine cable systems, including tendering process, selection of vendors, creation of plan of work, spent budget, and technical review of design, manufacturing, and installation plans.
- Deliver the necessary assets in a timely and cost effective manner in order to land submarine cable systems.
- Own execution of supply agreements for submarine cable construction projects, including coordination of work between customer and suppliers.

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