Job description

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. In this role, you will have an opportunity to be a strategic orchestrator within Infrastructure Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations (ISM), focusing on the critical area of spend management. You will play a key role in understanding, optimizing, and tracking expenditures across our global operations. This involves delving into the complex logic of spend drivers, designing, creating, and maintaining robust data pipelines and interactive dashboards to ensure accurate and insightful reporting of spend management data, leveraging data to inform strategic financial decisions, and managing key supplier agreements to optimize payment terms and cash flow based on financial conditions. You will drive strategic transformation projects that balance creative problem-solving with pragmatic, scalable solution delivery, directly contributing to ISM's mission of building the most cost-effective infrastructure. You will require a blend of financial acumen, operational understanding of the supply chain, and exceptional cross-functional program management skills. You will advocate continuous improvement and operational efficiencies, ensuring that ISM's financial strategy for spend aligns with our long-term goals and enables massive growth. The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide. We're the driving team behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $159000 - $230000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more about benefits at Google . • Drive strategic ISM spend efficiency by evaluating investments, analyzing cost drivers, pinpointing savings opportunities, and maintaining precise expenditure tracking. • Establish processes to manage supplier agreement financials, optimize cash outlays through payment terms, and embed long-term agreements into strategic planning. • Lead cross-functional initiatives to modernize ISM financial operations, balancing innovative problem-solving with robust, scalable system implementations. • Build and maintain detailed roadmaps for spend management initiatives, aligning cross-functional resources and managing stakeholder deliverables. • Partner with Finance, Sourcing, and Operations as the spend domain expert, ensuring strategic alignment and driving adoption of enhanced financial practices. • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. • 5 years of experience in program or project management. • 5 years of experience in financial analysis, spend management, or supply chain finance, including capital expenditure (CapEx) tracking, cost-driver analysis, and budget optimization. Minimum qualifications: • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. • 5 years of experience in program or project management. • 5 years of experience in financial analysis, spend management, or supply chain finance, including capital expenditure (CapEx) tracking, cost-driver analysis, and budget optimization. Preferred qualifications: • Demonstrated experience in process design and operationalization for complex business models, particularly within a supply chain or manufacturing context. • Deep domain expertise in financial processes related to cost of sales, supply chain expenditures, or long-term supplier agreements. • Proven ability to lead multiple, cross-functional projects with engaged priorities, specifically focused on financial processes or supply chain operations. • Exceptional ability to interact with both technical and non-technical groups across all organizational levels, managing ambiguity effectively in a rapidly changing environment.

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Must-haves

In this role, you will have an opportunity to be a strategic orchestrator within Infrastructure Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations (ISM), focusing on the critical area of spend management.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Learn more about benefits at Google .
Drive strategic ISM spend efficiency by evaluating investments, analyzing cost drivers, pinpointing savings opportunities, and maintaining precise expenditure tracking.
Establish processes to manage supplier agreement financials, optimize cash outlays through payment terms, and embed long-term agreements into strategic planning.
Lead cross-functional initiatives to modernize ISM financial operations, balancing innovative problem-solving with robust, scalable system implementations.
Build and maintain detailed roadmaps for spend management initiatives, aligning cross-functional resources and managing stakeholder deliverables.
Partner with Finance, Sourcing, and Operations as the spend domain expert, ensuring strategic alignment and driving adoption of enhanced financial practices.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience in program or project management.
5 years of experience in financial analysis, spend management, or supply chain finance, including capital expenditure (CapEx) tracking, cost-driver analysis, and budget optimization.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience in program or project management.
5 years of experience in financial analysis, spend management, or supply chain finance, including capital expenditure (CapEx) tracking, cost-driver analysis, and budget optimization.

Nice-to-haves

US: $159000 - $230000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Demonstrated experience in process design and operationalization for complex business models, particularly within a supply chain or manufacturing context.
Deep domain expertise in financial processes related to cost of sales, supply chain expenditures, or long-term supplier agreements.
Proven ability to lead multiple, cross-functional projects with engaged priorities, specifically focused on financial processes or supply chain operations.
Exceptional ability to interact with both technical and non-technical groups across all organizational levels, managing ambiguity effectively in a rapidly changing environment.

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