Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure - Lagos Google - Lagos (Nigeria)

Job Description

This position is based in Lagos, Nigeria. The area: Engineering

Type: Full-time

Experience: Not Applicable

Functions: Project Management 

Industries: Information Services, Internet 

Job ID: 2386112

The role: Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure
Technical Program Managers are the core of managing Google's continued growth. As the first Technical Program Manager based in Africa, you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact. Specifically you will be responsible for driving the progress of various initiatives focused on infrastructure. These include helping Universities strengthen their ICT services, working between ISPs and IXPs to increase peering agreements, managing Google infrastructure deployments and lots, lots more.

Responsibilities:

• Manage technical projects or programs, working closely with external partners, Google engineers and technical staff to design and launch infrastructure projects.
• Gather requirements and define the scope of the project. Find resources, manage resource allocation for projects. Develop a plan and schedule, with well-defined milestones.
• Manage communication of progress/status within the core team and external to the team (customers, partners, etc); escalate issues as necessary.

Requirements:

• Computer Science degree or equivalent experience. Masters or PhD preferred.
• Experience managing multiple international projects and people acting as a technical lead.
• Proven ability to work on assignments that require data evaluation, recommendation development, and decision making.

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