Senior Leadership Technical Program Manager, Search Security

About this role

Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

10 years of experience in program management.

7 years of experience in leadership role(s) with/without direct reports.

Preferred qualifications: 10 years of experience managing cross-functional/team projects.

Experience in the security domain, search infrastructure, or cyber security.

Experience interacting with different technical and non-technical audiences spanning all functions and organizational levels.

Experience influencing and delivering solutions in a highly complex and changing environment.

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 various Engineering-specific programs and teams.

Search is in the midst of a generational transformation. We are evolving beyond a traditional search engine into a layered AI system—from AI Overviews to the rise of AI agents—that reshapes how billions of people interact with information. In this role, you will serve as a strategic people leader capable of navigating a high-velocity environment and building scalable Security programs from the ground up. You will support a talented Technical Program Management team responsible for driving cross-organizational engineering programs that handle ambitious technical challenges. This role requires navigating ambiguity, driving execution, and partnering with senior leadership within Search and across other product areas. You will be responsible for identifying and mitigating security risks, optimizing programs to achieve product and platform goals, and ensuring robust governance across the Search ecosystem. In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $240000 - $333000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google. Responsibilities:

Manage, mentor, and support the existing team of Search Security Technical Program Managers.

Provide oversight for critical security efforts for Search, drive clarity and strategic decisions with cross-functional stakeholders, and provide clear communication and visibility to leadership.

Partner with Engineering and Product leadership to define, shape, and evolve the long-term Search Security strategy and roadmap.

Apply technical, business, and program management expertise to identify, assess, track, and mitigate security risks across Search products and infrastructure.

Build and maintain strong, strategic partnerships with cross-functional teams, including Legal, Trust and Safety, Data Protection and Risk, Engineering, and Product Management, to drive alignment and land impactful changes.