Senior Program Manager - Supply Chain and Procurement Operations

Senior Program Manager, Supply Chain, Google Distributed Cloud, Procurement and Business Operations

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience in program or project management.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
  
• Ability to demonstrate performance in prior roles, with increasing levels of responsibility and leadership.
• Ability to communicate with highly technical management teams with excellent customer service focus.
• Excellent project management and communication skills, with high attention to detail and tactical execution.
• Excellent problem-solving, negotiation and organizational 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 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.

Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) is a fully managed software and hardware solution for data centers and edge locations to address regulatory, local data processing, survivability, and low-latency needs. At the critical center of our product our secret sauce is a dynamic and resilient supply chain.

Within Google Distributed Cloud, we are a team of doers and trailblazers working to optimize that supply chain, ensuring scalable and high-quality delivery of right-fit hardware to meet the evolving needs of our customers on their premises. We aim to achieve this through efficient processes, innovative tools, and strategic partnerships that streamline supply chain operations, enhance decision-making, scale through partnerships, build resilience and flexibility, and drive continuous improvement. Our team is at a pivotal moment in our growth trajectory, where rubber meets the road and we invite you to join us as we take GDC from 1 to 100

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.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Purchase Requisition (PR) and Purchase Order (PO) lifecycle for critical data center infrastructure, equipment, and services.
• Partner with logistics, engineering, and delivery teams to ensure the timely procurement and delivery of long-lead equipment.
• Facilitate vendor onboarding and manage the lifecycle of agreements, including Statements of Work (SOWs), Master Service Agreements (MSAs), and Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs).
• Act as the primary liaison between suppliers, accounts payable, and internal stakeholders to resolve invoice holds, payment discrepancies, and billing escalations swiftly to maintain healthy vendor relationships.
• Maintain high data integrity within procurement systems. Generate regular reports on Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operational Expenditure (OpEx) spend, budget tracking, statuses, and supplier lead times to support leadership visibility and the broader Business Operations team.

Experience Level

Senior Level