Technical Program Manager II, AI Tools and Design, Android Auto

Job description

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Minimum qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in program management.
• Experience integrating generative AI tools or designing Large Language Model (LLM) interfaces into workflows.
• Experience with software engineering.
Preferred qualifications:
• 2 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience writing SQL queries and utilizing data visualization tools to monitor system-wide performance.
• Experience with large-scale system architecture and hardware-software ecosystem management.
• Experience with automotive product life-cycle.
• Excellent written and verbal communication 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 Technical Program Manager 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.
Android Auto is bringing the magic of Google into automotive. We are available in cars worldwide and projecting to grow by leaps and bounds this year in terms of features and user base. This role is at the center of the ecosystem of Android, phone manufacturers, automakers, and partners. If you like interesting problems in the growing connected mobile ecosystem and being empowered to fix them while improving the lives and safety of millions of users, this is the role for you.
In this role, you will be responsible for driving operational excellence, and ensuring our technical products adhere to the highest standards of quality and system performance. You will guide AI process innovation across our engineering workflows, advocating and deploying AI-driven tools, prompts, and automated telemetry systems to scale triage, accelerate root-cause resolution, and build the next generation of release readiness operations.
Automotive industry executives say there will be more change in their business in the next 5 years than they have seen in the last 50 years. The Android Auto team collaborates with vehicle manufacturers to develop and deliver on this massive opportunity, building on a proven embedded platform to create a leading Assistant-powered, navigation, entertainment, and communication vehicle system, which will be delivered to specialized people-moving devices.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $138000 - $197000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google .
Responsibilities
• Establish new programs and be able to in depth search into problems that may require complex solutions.
• Provide visible leadership and partnership with technical leads in order to deliver a family of related projects.
• Establish new processes, identify systemic problems and recommend solutions.
• Provide reporting and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
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 also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .