Program Manager, New Product Introduction Operations

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations Research, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in New Product Introduction (NPI), Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, Operations, or Supply/Demand Planning.
• Experience managing Contract Manufacturers and Component Suppliers.
• Experience in materials build readiness in NPI and supply chain readiness for production.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• MBA or Master’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Engineering, Operations, or other relevant fields.
• Experience in multiple aspects of hardware operations.
• Knowledge about typical hardware Bill of Materials (BOMs), process documentation and assembly, and test processes.
• Ability to communicate project requirements and schedules.
• Excellent leadership, analytical, quantitative reasoning, problem-solving, 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.

As a New Product Introduction (NPI) Operation Program Manager, you will be the operations leader to launch product lines with heavy emphasis on development activities and ensure transition to production within quality, cost, and capacity parameters.

You will be the primary manufacturing interface to the development team and other operation teams. You will lead a team of professionals to ensure products are designed and built per Google Nest’s quality standards.

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead large, complex, cross-functional program teams internally and external partners to prepare for production ramp and/or product transitions.
• Plan and execute operations development activities and ensure transition to production within cost, quality, and capacity parameters. Ensure successful production transitions meeting program goals.
• Manage ramp readiness with internal teams and external partners.
• Drive cross-functional teams to optimize the supply chain for specific strategic reasons, while accounting for risks, changes in schedule or demand.
• Drive Build Coordination with internal teams and external partners.
  
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .