Program Manager, Geo Data Operations

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of program management experience.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in Process Improvement, Vendor Management, Budget Planning and Stakeholder Management.
• Experience in mapping technologies and or mapping operations.
• Knowledge of defining and driving measurements and data quality metrics.
• Knowledge of Abuse domain.
  

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.The Geo team is focused on building the most accurate, comprehensive, and useful maps for our users, through products like Maps, Earth, Street View, Google Maps Platform, and more. Every month, more than a billion people rely on Maps services to explore the world and navigate their daily lives.The Geo team also enables developers to use the power of Google Maps platforms to enhance their apps and websites. As they plot a course for the future of mapping, they are solving complex computer science problems, designing beautiful and intuitive product experiences, and improving our understanding of the real world.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects from concept to launch develop and coordinate project estimates, plans, or metrics work and communicate with Engineering, Product Management, QA, Operations and customers.
• Setup and manage in-house/outsourced project execution teams with associated processes to ensure completion of the program.
• Understand Google products, internal tools, and processes and leverage those to push automation and increase work. People management and contributing to Program management community.
• Monitor, measure and communicate project progress, potential risks/delays and team performance to program teams, executives and other sponsors. Lead cross-office collaboration and resolving any site-related differences.
• Contribute to global company-wide planning processes that include budgeting, project prioritization, headcount planning, forecast management and variance analysis.
  

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