Technical Program Manager, HPC and Research Computing

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 Technical Program Manager, HPC and Research Computing at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

The State Local and Education East team is a high-performing, integrated team within GPS Services, focused on delivering comprehensive, security-centric solutions to our SLED public sector customers in the East. You will take on a pivotal role in transforming how our critical public sector customers leverage Google Cloud solutions.

As a Technical Program Manager, HPC and Research Computing, you will be at the forefront of orchestrating and optimizing a portfolio of large-scale, multi-year technical transformation engagements that drive significant value and improve constituent experience. You will provide thought leadership, technical goal, and delivery management expertise, collaborating extensively with cross-functional Google executives, sales teams, and key technical leaders including Architects, Engineers, and stakeholders like Chief Technical Officers (CTOs) and Chief Information Officers (CIOs). You will be a leader who operates with a high degree of autonomy and trust, taking ownership and driving outcomes through clear strategic intent.

Google Public Sector brings the magic of Google to the mission of government and education with solutions purpose-built for enterprises. We focus on helping United States public sector institutions accelerate their digital transformations, and we continue to make significant investments and grow our team to meet the complex needs of local, state and federal government and educational institutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy, planning, and successful delivery of a portfolio of large, multi-year technical transformation engagements for Google's Education customers.
• Lead cross-functional project teams, including system administrators, Central IT, and researchers.
• Oversee project schedules, budgets, scope, and resource utilization, proactively identifying and mitigating risks.
• Foster a collaborative environment between research, engineering, and operations teams.
• Define, plan, and execute High Performance Computing (HPC) and Research Computing transformation programs from scoping to delivery, aligning with customer goals and research priorities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Computational Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in technical program or project management, with 3 years of experience in HPC, scientific computing, or research IT environments.
• Experience with HPC hardware (e.g., CPUs, GPUs, interconnects), software stacks, and cluster management.
• Experience with new and emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions in the cloud space.
• Experience with cloud computing platforms (GCP) and their application to HPC workloads, and distributed computing frameworks and HPC Schedulers.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time domestically as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, Agile project management certification, or similar.
• Experience leading the full end-to-end business cycle for complex professional services engagements.

Key skills/competency

• Technical Program Management
• High Performance Computing (HPC)
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Research Computing
• Cloud Transformation
• Stakeholder Management
• Risk Mitigation
• Distributed Computing
• SLED Sector Expertise
• Project Delivery