**Minimum qualifications**:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in program or project management.
- 5 years of experience with manufacturing, supply chain management, or fulfillment planning and execution in a new product introduction (NPI) role.
**Preferred qualifications**:
- Experience in program managing Request for Proposals (RFP), new supplier evaluation and negotiating onboarding.
- Knowledge of the product life-cycle and designing new programs from conception to launch.
- Ability to work independently on multiple tasks and projects with excellent communication skills and along with enhancing the processes.
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 will 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.
Google's Devices and Services Group is seeking a Service Partnerships Lead to shape the future of customer support for mobile products. In this role, you will drive strategic partnerships, onboard service providers aligned with Google's direction, and ensure a seamless service experience for mobile products users worldwide. You will collaborate across teams and borders to launch new products successfully. With your business development experience, global mindset, communication skills, and project management experience, you will navigate complex projects and mitigate risks. Join us in creating radically helpful experiences for users and be part of Google's mission to organize the world's information.
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices Services team is making people's lives better through technology.
**Responsibilities**:
- Build trusted relationships with program stakeholders, including managing expectations of senior cross-functional leads and ensuring they have the insights they need to make effective decisions.
- Identify, negotiate, and onboard service partners who align with our direction for excellent customer support.
- Launch new products, ensure our service network is ready to support the launch of mobile devices.
- Collaborate across borders, partner with cross-functional teams across Google, as well as external partners, to deliver seamless service experiences worldwide.
- Navigate complex projects, lead multi-faceted projects, from planning to execution, ensuring clear communication and risk mitigation.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy andEEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing ourAccommodations for Applicants form.