Online Assessments Program Manager, Fixed-Term Contract

This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus. Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Atlanta, GA, USA; Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA.

This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Atlanta, GA, USA; Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

  • 7 years of experience in program management.

  • Experience leading change management efforts and building communications strategies.

  • Experience managing and influencing stakeholders across the organization, and driving program initiatives through cross-functional collaboration.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience designing, landing, scaling, and refining online assessments.

  • Experience successfully leading complex change management efforts and building comprehensive communications strategies.

  • Experience navigating an ambiguous environment with multiple stakeholders, and inspiring a distributed group of contributors and leaders to act.

  • Ability to design, scale, and oversee high-quality operational workflows across various functions.

  • Ability to think strategically, plan, and execute on multiple projects simultaneously in an organized fashion.

About the job

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.

Our goal is to build a Google that looks like the world around us — and we want Googlers to stay and grow when they join us. As part of our efforts to build a Google for everyone, we build diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and we aim to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout the company.

The Global Process Owner (GPO) Recruiting and Compensation team is the steward for Google’s hiring process. We ensure that the hiring process is fit for purpose, evolves with changing business needs, and ensures an optimal experience for candidates, interviewers, hiring managers, and recruiters.

As an Online Assessments Program Manager, you will lead initiatives that evolve Google’s hiring process, and focus on delivering the future of online assessments. You will work strategically with multiple departments across Google to design, implement, and land assessments that impact our interviewer, hiring manager, and applicant communities.

Please note that this position is a fixed-term contract with an end date of November 2024.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $125,000-$187,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and influence complex partner relationships to ensure overall objectives are met. Understand and represent analytical research, our hiring philosophy, and operational risk and opportunity across a portfolio of initiatives. Drive consensus among cross-functional teams and influence decision making.

  • Develop and translate roadmap and strategy into daily operations. Work with leaders and teams to shape the strategic agenda for the upcoming year, leveraging those plans to inform resourcing decisions, and drive progress against a portfolio of large-scale initiatives.

  • Define, land, and maintain a portfolio of online assessments for evaluating candidates across the hiring ecosystem. Lead and influence the design, testing, and implementation of online assessments, including partnering with Engineering teams on tooling functionality, scaling operational workflows for applicant support, designing and implementing comprehensive change management strategies, and maintaining the quality of these assessments.

Information collected and processed as part of your Google Careers profile, and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Google’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google’s EEO Policy, Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal, Belonging at Google, and How we hire.

If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees, or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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