Principal/Director, Technical Program Manager, AI Infrastructure Transformation
San Jose, CA, USA · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Experience
- 15 years in technical program management or engineering management; 5 years as a practicing software engineer; 10 years as a senior individual contributor, architect, or tech lead driving cross-functional initiatives without direct authority.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads complex, cross-organizational technical programs transforming Google’s infrastructure for AI and Cloud and advancing AI transformation, from strategy through engineering delivery and product launch.
What you'll do
- Lead strategy, planning, and end-to-end delivery of cross-Core and cross-product initiatives, including ambiguous programs built from scratch.
- Establish scalable operational frameworks, metrics, roadmaps, and processes to improve engineering execution and organizational effectiveness.
- Partner with executive engineering and product leaders to shape architectural direction, align teams, and manage dependencies and risks.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 15 years of experience in technical program management or engineering management, and 5 years of experience as a practicing software engineer.
- 10 years of experience as a senior individual contributor, architect, or tech lead driving cross-functional initiatives without direct authority.
- Experience establishing operational metrics, system availability standards, SLOs, and performance tracking frameworks for software products.
Nice to have
- Experience as a software or ML engineer; experience building and driving adoption of internal developer platforms or horizontal services.
Pay
$281000 - $391000 (USD) base salary
Tools
AI, Cloud, SLOs, ML, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, AI/ML pipelines
AI focus
Leads infrastructure transformation for AI and Cloud and AI transformation at Google; also leverages AI to transform program leadership and personal workflows.
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