Technical Program Manager III, Subsea Cable Engineering, Cloud Networking
Overview:
In this role you will lead complex, multi-disciplinary submarine cable projects from design through deployment, coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure high-reliability delivery. You will evaluate route designs, analyze survey data and fault histories, and drive risk assessment and installation quality. You'll provide forward-looking guidance on survey and installation technologies while mentoring teammates. This position blends marine engineering with program management to build critical subsea infrastructure at Google. Compensation / Benefitsbonus targetequitybenefits package
Responsibilities:
- Evaluate cable route designs via route working groups and data analyses
- Analyze survey data and fault histories to guide decisions and risk assessments
- Review marine installation procedures to ensure quality and cost-effective delivery
- Provide thought leadership on survey and installation technologies
- Train and mentor team members on marine engineering matters
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and assume project management for complete systems
- Oversee delivery of cable systems and support ongoing operations for reliability and security
Key requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field 5 years of experience in program management
- Experience with cable route engineering, survey and marine installation methods and technology
- Experience with submarine cable deploymentpreferred: 5 years of cross-functional project management experiencepreferred: experience with cable ships or survey vesselspreferred: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Makai products (MakaiPlan, MakaiPlan Pro, MakaiLay)
Understanding of cable lay dynamics and ability to analyze installation data to identify anomalies and assess installation qualitycollaboration and teamworkclear communication with executives and engineersproblem solving and analytical mindsetcable route engineeringsurvey data analysismarine installation methods and technology