Technical Program Manager, Project Tidal
Company: X Development, LLC
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: January 26, 2023
Job Description:
Technical Program Manager, Project Tidal Program Management
Mountain View, CA X is Alphabet's moonshot factory. We are a
diverse group of inventors and entrepreneurs who build and launch
technologies that aim to improve the lives of millions, even
billions, of people. Our goal: 10x impact on the world's most
intractable problems, not just 10% improvement. We approach
projects that have the aspiration and riskiness of research with
the speed and ambition of a startup. About the team:Tidal is a team
at X working on a moonshot to protect the ocean and preserve its
ability to support life and help feed humanity, sustainably. Our
initial area of focus is on developing hardware and software
technologies that bring greater visibility and understanding of
what's happening under the water. Learn more about -Project Tidal
.About the role: Tidal, a fast-paced team within X (formerly Google
X) is looking for a Technical Program Manager to help increase the
effectiveness of how our Engineering, Product, and Operations teams
work together in preparing our product for commercialization. This
role will support the day-to-day progress of our Software
development, align Eng (both Software & Hardware) efforts with
product priorities, and drive efficiency. This is an incredibly
dynamic role and requires high cross-functional communication,
organization, and planning. The ideal candidate has a background in
programming and has had some exposure to agile methodology. - How
you will make 10x impact:
- Lead overall program management for a fast paced, highly
innovative software development team, including workload balancing,
leading engineering sprints, structuring meetings, overseeing and
tracking workstreams supporting the program goals, and helping to
create project goals as well as carefully track progress against
them
- Work hand-in-hand with our Product Manager to keep software
efforts in alignment with customer priorities and organize
bugs/feature requests into our product backlog
- Create a decision making forum for regular roadmap review and
prioritization of key development tasks
- Proactively identify problems and issues and create programs
and processes to solve them
- Guide the team through the learning and changes inherent in
early product development, helping set the right expectations
internally and externally
- Understand customer priorities and translate into Engineering
impact to provide input on timelines and feasibility
- Drive velocity, efficiency, and teamworkWhat you should have: -
- B.S. in Engineering or Computer Science
- At least 5 years of project/program management or product
development
- Experience driving a program from R&D to a realized
product
- Excellent communication, organizational, written and analytical
skills
- Track record of successful implementation of TPM processes in
engineering organizations
- Experience with ML, ocean tech, optical systems and sensors is
a nice to have
- Total ownership: Takes responsibility and accountability for
the key results to be delivered and passion and drive to own the
problem in a specific area and run with it including architecture,
design, implementation, testing and execution.
- Egoless: Puts team and Tidal needs above own self interests and
is customer facing
- Works well across functions: Demonstrable partnership approach
and an amiable disposition.
- Bias towards action with exceptional judgment: Takes guidance
from the leadership team and key stakeholders, but moves fast,
makes sound data driven recommendations and takes decisive
action.
- Bias for execution and planning: Outcomes oriented and has
demonstrable experience having previously run program management in
fast moving software engineering organizations against a 'high-bar'
plan without burning teams or stakeholder relationships.
- Deals With Ambiguity: In the absence of a clear path, creates
the path and defines the resource map and strategy to address. The
US base salary range for this full-time position is between
$130,000 - $186,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Your recruiter
will share more about the specific salary range for your targeted
location during the hiring process. At X, we don't just accept
difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it
for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community.
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