Solution Design Manager, Extended Workforce Solutions

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program or project management.
• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience working as a subject matter expert in the areas of extended workforce, contract/vendor management, cost management, operating model design, and associated practices across the extended workforce/contingent labor landscape.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience developing business strategies or managing cross-functional initiatives.
• Track record of thought leadership in strategic projects that have had a tangible impact on business operations across international markets.
• Excellent leadership skills, with the ability to drive impact in a fast-paced environment.
• Passion for helping advocate for Google's customers and improving the overall customer experience.

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 Program Manager at Google, you'll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish - working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.

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.

gTech Extended Workforce Solutions (xWS) team enables product areas to effectively and efficiently scale their outsourced operations while managing risk. Our goal is to enable our businesses to make informed decisions to put the right talent in the right locations. Our partnership with teams across Google aims to provide an excellent user experience and minimizes administrative burden throughout the extended workforce process.

The Solutions Design team is a team of cross-functional thinkers that understand product area needs including risks and operational constraints, and rethink Extended Workforce Solutions within vertical teams. Additionally the team incubates, pilots, rolls-out large-scale transformations, and leads change management across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a thought partner and trusted advisor to the extended workforce solutions organization's executive leadership, helping to land, rethink, and shape the future of extended workforce solutions.
• Help design solutions that enable our partners/product areas to succeed in their business objectives by optimizing operational costs, identify efficiencies, and help to proactively mitigate risk and compliance across Alphabet.
• Work with cross-functional stakeholders and leaders to gather data and conduct business analyses with effective project communication and management.
• Identify and engage product area stakeholders proactively on extended workforce solutions and gain their buy-in to utilize the services being designed.