Operations Program Manager, New Product Introduction, Google Nest

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Minimum qualifications:

• MBA or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in one or more of the following fields: new product introduction/supply chain, management/manufacturing, operations/development, or operations engineering.
• Experience across all phases of product development from prototype to mass production.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Research, Operations Engineering, or other relevant field.
• Experience launching consumer hardware products, partnering with Custom Manufacturers (CM), Joint Development Manufacturers (JDM), Original Device Manufacturers (ODM), Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), and third-party suppliers.
• Experience and knowledge in multiple aspects of hardware operations (e.g., hardware bill of materials, process documentation, and assembly and test processes).
• Experience in the consumer technology market.
• Excellent quantitative reasoning, problem-solving, creative, and strategic skills.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally.
  
  

About The Job

As the Operations Program Manager, you will be the cornerstone of operations communication with cross-functional teams in the development of new products. You will direct a team on complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects to ensure products are designed and built to Google standards. You will plan requirements with internal customers and guide projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks, and clearly communicating those risks to project stakeholders.

You will explain your team’s analyses and recommendations to executives, and discuss the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers. You will work to solve problems that hinder production line operations.

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

• Manage a team of Operations Managers to drive JDM light programs.
• Plan and execute the development of New Product Introduction builds and ensure these products transition to production according to specific cost, quality, and capacity goals.
• Direct cross-functional teams within Google and with external partners to prepare for production ramp and product transitions.
• Facilitate ramp readiness with internal teams as well as external partners (e.g., material availability, capacity readiness, transition plans). Guide cross-functional teams to optimize the supply chain for specific strategic reasons, while accounting for risks and changes in schedule or demand.
• Provide support for products in a sustaining environment.
  
  

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