Program Manager III, Category Planning, Devices and Services

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.

As a Program Manager for Category Supply and Demand Planning, you will be the end-to-end strategic owner for a specific Pixel product category line. This high-visibility, individual contributor role sits at the heart of our hardware business, requiring a leader who can navigate complex business dynamics and drive a multi-billion dollar category through its full lifecycle from Early Engagement and New Product Introduction (NPI) to End-of-Life (EOL) management.

In this role, you will own the consensus demand-supply plan and the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) engine for your category. You will lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish, working with cross-functional leaders across global offices and time zones. You will heavily influence the business in defining the Plan of Record (POR), using advanced analytical capabilities and strong storytelling to guide executive decision-making. The ideal candidate is a supply chain subject matter expert, highly analytical, and excels at driving alignment without direct authority in a fast-paced environment.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $159000 - $231000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly S&OP cycle and own the end-to-end supply and demand models for the category, developing long-term strategies and presenting clear trade-offs and risk mitigation plans to executive leadership.
• Execute partnering with product and commercial teams to define launch strategies and influence the plan of record.
• Collaborate with Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, and Go-To-Market teams to align business plans, navigate supply constraints, and hold stakeholders accountable for core metrics such as inventory health and gross margins.
• Utilize advanced analytics to propose optimal capacity investments and launch dates, transforming highly ambiguous business concepts into crisp, executive-ready presentations.
• Act as a power user and advocate for enterprise planning tools (e.g., o9, Anaplan, Tobu), driving system optimizations and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance process maturity and forecast accuracy.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience in program or project management.
• Experience with demand and supply planning enterprise systems (e.g., o9, Anaplan, SAP) and using analytics to drive timely decisions.
• Experience in supply planning, supply chain management, program management, or Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) within the consumer hardware, telecommunications industry or technology industry.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
  
• Experience driving supply chain strategies at scale, specifically working with major global carriers and retailers.
• Highly analytical with experience working with large datasets via tools like SQL, Python, Tableau, or similar to build custom optimization or simulation models.
• Strong consulting-level quantitative and presentation skills with a demonstrated track record of using data to tell a compelling story to executives.