NPI Operations Program Manager, Machine Learning (English, Spanish) Full-time

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience managing projects.
• 2 years of experience with manufacturing, supply chain management, or fulfillment planning and execution in a new product introduction (NPI) role.
• Ability to communicate in English and Spanish fluently in order to communicate with global special projects team and local contract manufacturers in Mexico.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience leading cross-functional process improvement.
• Experience in data modeling, trend analysis, statistics, forecasting, or business insights.
• Knowledge of the tools and elements of project management with the ability to be an influential member of a highly integrated team composed of both technical and non-technical members.
• Knowledge of accountability and ownership for a project life-cycle with the ability to collaborate and influence across multiple levels of an organization.
• Ability to shift between detailed analysis and big picture thinking and to customize communication based on the audience.
• Excellent investigative 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) Operations Program Manager, you will be the primary Operations/Supply Chain interface to the development and deployment teams. You will be responsible for driving operations new product development as well as supporting those products through production ramps. You will be well versed with the Contract Manufacturer (CM)/Original Device Manufacturer (ODM) manufacturing environments. You will lead a team of professionals to ensure products are designed and built to Google standards.

This role requires on-site presence at the contractor manufacturer in Guadalajara three days per week.

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 within Google and with external partners to prepare for production ramp 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 as well as external partners (i.e., material availability, cost/assembly/test/BOM/capacity readiness and transition plans).
• Drive cross-functional teams to optimize the supply chain for specific strategic reasons, while accounting for risks, changes in schedule or demand.