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Google · 1 day ago

Program Manager III, Vendor Operations Management, Search

Mountain View, CA, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$147K/yr - $216K/yr

5+ years exp

Google is a company that builds products to create opportunities for everyone. As a Program Manager, you will lead complex projects, working with stakeholders to manage schedules, identify risks, and ensure effective communication across teams.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Partner with Engineering to identify friction points in the evaluation tooling landscape. Drive functional requirements for tool enhancements to ensure a seamless, efficient user experience for human rater workforce

Define, establish, and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) specific to human evaluation (e.g., rater throughput, quality accuracy)

Manage the incoming support queue for vendor-raised issues; triage and resolve blocking bugs, access rights issues, and rating tool failures to minimize downtime

Lead vendor governance programs including contractual compliance and operational health checks, ensuring consistent execution across regions and languages

Lead cross-functional operational projects to reduce rating task backlogs, optimize rating workflows, and drive efficiency

Qualification

Vendor managementTechnical program managementProject managementAgreement negotiationSupplier sourcingInternationalization (i18n)Localization (l10n)User Experience (UX)Cross-functional collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

5 years of experience in program or project management

Experience with vendor operations, vendor management, agreement negotiation, supplier sourcing, procurement, and extended workforce

Experience managing technical programs with engineering or software teams

Preferred

8 years of experience in technical program/operations management in a changing consumer software environment

5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects

Experience bridging the gap between Operations and Engineering, specifically regarding User Experience (UX) for internal tools

Experience managing operations with supplier landscapes

Experience with Internationalization (i18n) or Localization (l10n) workflows and understanding the unique operational issues of non-english markets

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Company

Google

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Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.

Founded in 1998

Mountain View, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.google.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (8763)

2024 (8872)

2023 (9682)

2022 (11626)

2021 (9109)

2020 (9785)

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$26.1M

Key Investors

Andy Bechtolsheim

2004-08-19IPO

1999-06-07Series Unknown· $25M

1998-11-01Angel· $1M

Leadership Team

Sundar Pichai

CEO

Thomas Kurian

CEO - Google Cloud

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