Senior Program Manager I, Supply Chain, Hardware

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience in program or project management.
  
• 7 years of experience in maintenance, repair, and operations spares planning, service parts logistics, or inventory within an operational environment.
• 5 years of experience driving programs in cloud infrastructure.
  
• 5 years of experience with an ERP system (e.g., SAP) for materials management, and data analysis tools including SQL.

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
  
• Ability to translate investigative findings into clear recommendations for non-technical executive stakeholders.
• Excellent advanced investigative thinking and structured problem solving skills (e.g., lean/six sigma) to optimize supply chain issues.

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.

The mission of the Google Distributed Cloud team is to build a supply chain as intelligent, and resilient as the cloud itself, connecting innovation to execution by fostering trusted global partnerships, accelerating time-to-market, and enabling the hardware foundation that delivers Google’s compute, Artificial Intelligence, and edge capabilities closer to every user.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $174,000-$258,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

• Implement multi-echelon inventory optimization to balance service levels with minimizing spare parts carrying costs.
• Manage the lifecycle plan for spare parts, from initial provisioning to retirement, mitigating excess and obsolescence inventory risk.
  
• Generate highly accurate spare parts demand forecasts using advanced statistical models and predictive maintenance data.
• Lead sourcing and global logistics for critical, high-value spare parts to ensure supply continuity and optimize the distribution network.
  
• Act as the cross-functional liaison to align strategy, own Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)/computerized maintenance management system data integrity, and provide executive performance reports.