Global Network OSS and Data Communications Lead, Global Submarine Networks

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in technical program management.
• 5 years of experience in leadership role(s) with/without direct reports.
  
• Experience with enterprise network design and operations in a global environment.

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional/team projects.
  
• 5 years of experience in supervisory roles.
• Excellent vision, leadership, and critical thinking skills to prioritize evolving initiatives in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills at executive levels and clear communication.

Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.

Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage various Engineering-specific programs and teams.

As the Global Network OSS and Data Communications Lead, you will be responsible for establishing and leading the secure management and delivery of the Network Operations Support System necessary to facilitate the safe, secure management of the Google Submarine Network organization. You will manage the lifecycle and performance of related software systems and platforms, relatable network services and security protocols, and support complex network environments.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

• Lead a team of network operations and data communications engineers, work closely with stakeholders to develop a long-term systems operating framework, in addition to the lifecycle management of the hardware and software elements, the systems, protocols, and maintaining its functional capabilities.
• Provide operational requirements to development team feedback loop, provide input to enhanced practical implementations/use cases of the API capability development, access authentication and overall operational support framework (OSS) functions and features.
• Work with technology suppliers, security, risk and compliance teams to ensure Google maintains and highlights levels of relevance in respect to Operating Systems and Network.
• Manage and monitor network security, develop and manage access controls protocols and procedures. Comply with industry regulations and standards for secure networking.