Technical Program Manager, Product Inspired Research

Snapshot

The role of the Program Management team is to coordinate and enable our teams to be the best at what they do and to make fast-paced progress towards our mission. We continually pursue scalable and sustainable ways to optimize work on real world applications, cultivating an environment where people can be both highly collaborative and deeply creative, making responsible and pioneering research progress at pace. We build strong relationships with teams and team members, bringing clarity to ambiguity and providing stability during change. We continually deepen our domain knowledge, working alongside engineers, researchers, and product managers to execute on programs and projects with Google / Alphabet partners.

About us

We’re a dedicated scientific community, committed to ensuring our technology is used for widespread public benefit. We’ve built a supportive and inclusive environment where collaboration is encouraged and learning is shared freely. We don’t set limits based on what others think is possible or impossible. We drive ourselves and inspire each other to push boundaries and achieve ambitious goals.

The role 

The Product Inspired Research team collaborates with product and research teams inside Alphabet to incubate groundbreaking research and deploy advanced machine learning algorithms to improve Alphabet products and services. 

As a Technical Program Manager, you will apply program management methodologies to multiple initiatives, balancing progress and risk to deliver sustainable change to meet objectives.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage the delivery of projects designed to achieve highly impactful applications of machine learning, keeping teams focused and productive
• Work with your project team to organize and optimize work into clear goals and objectives
• Track progress, maintain up-to-date information and relevant technical documentation, anticipate and propose solutions to issues and risks
• Partner closely with your engineering team lead as a strategic thought partner
• Facilitate conversations, meetings and opportunities for collaboration, both within Google DeepMind and across Alphabet product teams, to drive the best outcomes; create connections and relationships
• Evaluate and improve processes, tools, templates and documentation for repeatability and sustainability
• Learn new business and technical skills quickly, adapt to changing environments while providing day-to-day coordination and quality assurance for projects and tasks

About you

We highly value strong Technical Program Managers who are willing to help out with whatever moves our projects forward.

Minimum Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge and expertise in program management, able to navigate through ambiguity and adjust and adapt plans and strategies as project conditions change

• Able to foster respect, inclusion, and collaboration when working with teams, and skilled in building relationships and fostering trust with a diverse group of people
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distill complex ideas to their essence
• Proactive about learning and acquiring knowledge to enhance your domain knowledge
• Technical degree or equivalent working knowledge
• Knowledge of, or curious to learn about AI/machine learning research

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid understanding of machine learning fundamentals