Technical Program Manager, Operations - 12 month Fixed Term Contract

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Snapshot

The role of the Program Management Team is to coordinate and enable our teams to be the best at what they do and to make fast-paced progress towards our mission. We continually pursue scalable and sustainable ways to optimize our work, striving to ensure we cultivate an environment where people can be both highly collaborative and deeply creative, making progress at pace. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join the  team for a fixed term of 12 months, helping to deliver foundational expertise and pioneering tools to drive AI research!

 About us

Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanity’s most useful inventions. At Google DeepMind, we’re a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts and more, working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, and collaborate with others on critical challenges, ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.

The role

Sitting within the GenAI programs, this role is part of the post-training programs team. This team leads operational design and execution across the post-training area. Collaborating closely with researchers and product teams, the team focuses on delivering the best models and research innovations. 

In this role you will be responsible for running the operations across a variety of initiatives and set programs up for long term success. Working with partners across the teams, you’ll build structure, efficiency, and simplify complexity. 

 Key responsibilities

• Schedule and coordinate workstream reviews.
• Track workstream statuses, coordinate and prepare informational updates for stakeholders.
• Provide operational support to workstreams, including tracking approvals, recording workstream details, and managing membership changes.
• Regularly audit and update mailing groups and chat room participants to maintain accurate communication channels.
• Efficiently manage access requests, adhering to predefined policies.
• Proactively identify process gaps and propose improvements when applicable, with a focus on process automations. 
• Have the technical expertise to write scripts for automation. 
• Willingness to work overlapping hours with European time zones to facilitate collaboration and support.

About you

You will be driving execution and operations within the LLM Model Training space. This role is a great fit for someone who can work in a fast-paced environment, excel at operational efficiency, not afraid of ambiguity, and passionate in process improvement. 

 In order to set you up for success as a Program Manager at Google DeepMind, we look for the following skills and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 4+ years of experience in program management
• Technical background with the ability to write scripts enabling automation and build dashboards
• Familiar with bug systems 

In addition, the following would be an advantage: 

• Experience with stakeholder management and communication
• Experience in identifying and implementing process automation when applicable 
• Navigating, updating and defining complex processes
• Excellent technical understanding and communication ability, with the ability to distill sophisticated technical ideas to their essence
• Initiative to solve problems with solutions that are repeatable, scalable and sustainable.
• Ability to do well in a constantly evolving environment. Flexible, adaptable and highly responsive to the needs of the project, team and wider group.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $122,000 - $186,000 + bonus + benefits. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your targeted 

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