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Program Manager III, Spares Planning, Data Center Equipment

Google · United States · On-site

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About the role

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.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 5 years of experience in program or project management
  • Experience in spares planning
  • Experience in supply/demand planning within a data center or manufacturing environment
More about this role
  • Create & enforce structured governance processes with upstream NPI & sourcing partners to establish clear spares requirements during the initial phases of onboarding a new product or supplier.
  • Apply systems thinking to analyze the end-to-end spares pipeline, proactively identifying structural gaps, process friction, or signal handoff failures, and build robust, scalable processes to resolve them on both a strategic and execution level.
  • Leverage cross-functional relationships to influence upstream stakeholders, driving the onboarding of NPI products and their unique spares requirements into standard planning, sourcing, and replenishment workflows.
  • Anticipate upcoming supply chain risks, component constraints, and/or design cut-in accelerations, and collaborate cross-functionally to execute mitigation strategies to position inventory.
  • Partner closely with other teams and ensure that the right spare parts are physically in place at both current and future data center sites.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience in program or project management.
  • Experience in spares planning.
  • Experience in supply/demand planning within a data...

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