Regional Google Cable Landing Stations Operations Lead, Indian Ocean

Regional Google Cable Landing Stations Operations Lead, Indian Ocean

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Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• Experience in operational facilities management services.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Management, Reliability Engineering.
• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience operating submarine cable systems including marine maintenance, cable landing station maintenance, and Network Operation Center coordination.
• Excellent budget management, agreement negotiation, time management and organizational skills.

About the Job

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. You will lead Cable Landing Stations (CLS) and outside plant (OSP) Operations for the Indian Ocean region, overseeing all aspects that is own build CLS, consortium-led projects, third-party colocation, and all OSP and infrastructure. You will drive the process, ensuring a transition from build to operations and go-live within Google’s central Network Operations Center (NOC). You will collaborate with key suppliers, consortia partners, telecom providers, customers, as well as internal teams from central operations, networks, finance, and regulatory, you will be responsible for ensuring optimal network availability and reliability. You will also focus on improving infrastructure performance, delivering an exceptional customer experience, and ensuring operational excellence across facilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage a third-party field service agreement site-based offering and delivering Technical Operations Managers, facility and Network technicians to support Google Cable Landing Stations (gCLS) across Indian Ocean.
• Coordinate proactive and reactive maintenance works (PFE, Electrical, Mechanical, HVAC, general facilities) for all CLSs in the APAC region.
• Lead all preventative and reactive maintenance activities, run regular inspections and liaison with external parties in case of infrastructure threatening or effecting works.
• Keep stakeholders informed about current work and discuss strategic decisions and directions with them. Manage budget, optimize process, continuous improvement and development.
• Oversee technical and program team leads through the successful completion of required maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair tasks to maintain equipment to our global standard.

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