Technical Program Manager, Data Center Construction (Thai, English)

Bangkok
Thailand


Job Description
Google will be prioritizing applicants who have valid working rights in Thailand and do not require Google’s sponsorship of a visa.

Minimum qualifications:


  • Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

  • 8 years of experience in program management.

  • Experience with technical teams, project management, engineering, and construction of data centers or mission facilities.

  • Experience with data center equipment/environments (e.g., civil/structural, electrical switchgear, generators, chillers, security monitoring).

  • Ability to communicate in Thai and English fluently to support vendor and contractor management in this region.


Preferred qualifications:


  • Master's degree in Architectural, Electrical, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical field.

  • Certification in Construction manager, Project Management Professional (PMP), registered architect, etc.

  • 10 years of experience managing multi-group/disciplinary construction projects with civil, architectural, electrical, mechanical, controls, security monitoring, fire safety, networking/fiber, server equipment, systems, and infrastructure.

  • Experience in requirements gathering, resource organization, task prioritization, and scheduling and achieving objectives within set goals.

  • Experience managing vendor relationships and an understanding of standard practices in the design and construction industry, and pursuit of industry leading practices.

  • Knowledge of fast track design build processes.


About the Job

Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.

Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage projects of various size and scope, identifying future opportunities, improving processes and driving the technical directions of your programs.


Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.


Responsibilities


  • Provide management of data centers at multiple scales.

  • Manage and coordinate the needs of multiple partner teams, while managing changes and maintaining a focus on keeping the project on schedule, budget, quality, and safety.

  • Manage technical projects in a rapidly changing industry.

  • Deliver data center facility from start to commissioning and understand the nuances and risks that will need to be managed.