Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in program management.
Preferred qualifications:
8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
Knowledge of Text-To-Speech, speech technologies, internationalization, or linguistics.
Knowledge of voice actor recording processes and basic audio engineering principles.
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 Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.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 Speech team at Google builds the technologies that turn speech to text and text to speech, which enable voice-based natural language interactions in products like Assistant, Search, Google Translate, Google Maps, Google Gemini and more. The Speech Text-To-Speech (TTS) team's goals include developing technology that provides all of Google’s speech output needs for any application and for every language.The US base salary range for this full-time position is $168,000-$252,000 + 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 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 (https://careers.google.com/benefits/) .
Partner with Product and senior leadership to deliver the next generation of high-quality, AI-forward voices for a vast range of use cases.
Manage multiple interdependent data collection projects, drive project delivery, challenge proposals, and build consensus.
Optimize and automate processes to influence global consistency, increase productivity, and improve overall operations across TTS Voice data collection.
Partner with Engineering to design and contribute to internal tools and applications development for data collection and voice model training.
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