Strategic Operations Lead, Coding, Thinking, and Research, DeepMind

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 Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

This is a high-impact opportunity for an exceptional Senior Technical Program Manager to support the VP of technology at DeepMind. You will collaborate closely with a geographically dispersed, virtual team spanning Mountain View, New York, London, and Zurich, all dedicated to delivering breakthroughs in thinking, coding, and research.

The position demands a high tolerance for the ambiguity in cutting-edge AI research and operates within a fast-paced environment. As a leader, you will bridge high-level strategy with operational execution to ensure organizational efficiency. You will own core day-to-day operations, lead annual and biannual planning processes, and distill and disseminate critical priorities for the VP of technology.

Our team drives the operational design and execution for the thinking, coding, and research area, enabling rapid progress on our core mission. You will directly drive and own key operational processes and special projects to support the VP of technology.

Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the annual and bi-annual planning processes while driving the OKR cycle to align key priorities across the thinking, coding, and research areas.
• Lead headcount and budget planning, allocate resources based on priority and organizational strategy, and forecast trends to ensure optimal operational efficiency.
• Identify and implement strategies to reduce operational friction, bureaucracy, and waste, while consistently monitoring resource utilization to mitigate bottlenecks.
• Analyze resource management data and perform ad hoc evaluations to uncover trends, optimize performance, and identify targeted areas for operational improvement.
• Manage specialized, technical projects for the VP of technology and coordinate high-visibility executive reviews to deliver clear progress updates

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience leading programs across multiple geographies and time zones.
• 10 years of business operations experience, which includes owning key business processes or doing ‘chief of staff’ types of roles.

Preferred qualifications:

• Good understanding or keen interest in LLMs and AGI Safety.
• Excellent communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to audiences, including executive leadership.
• Demonstrated success in fast-paced program execution and deliveries.