Minimum qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, a related engineering field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience working in electronics/computer consumer hardware.
• Experience with manufacturing/operations in original equipment manufacturer (OEM) management and supply chain management.
Preferred qualifications:
• Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Research, Operations Engineering, or a similar field.
• Experience in the consumer technology market and experience with OEMs, Original Device Manufacturers, and third-party suppliers.
• Experience working with global and cross-functional internal/external teams.
• Excellent aptitude, communication, problem-solving, creativity, and strategic 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 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.
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.
Responsibilities
• Lead cross-functional teams within Google and with external partners to prepare for production ramp and product transitions.
• Drive manufacturing operational readiness in the factory leveraging partner resources as well as ongoing efficiency and improvement across factories.
• Anticipate production and operational risk, communicate/partner with OEMs to manage bring-ups, qualification, material availability, and quality issues.
• Lead regular meetings to communicate plans with cross-functional operations and demand planning.
• Work with OEM partners to ensure performance goals for Quality, Turn Around Time (TAT) are met.
