Technical Program Manager, Project Tapestry

Program Management

Mountain View, CA

This is a fixed-term contract position for 12 months

About the team:

Tapestry, isX’s moonshot for the electric grid. We are a team of software engineers, power systems experts and clean energy geeks who are impatient to tackle climate change head on through our energy system. Tapestry is on a mission to make the world’s electric grid visible so everyone, everywhere can access clean, affordable and reliable energy. We are working with partners around the world to create AI powered tools that will help everyone who works with the grid build and manage a carbon-free and secure electricity system.

Currently incubating at X, Alphabet’s innovation lab, we are now building the team that will scale Tapestry for more global impact. We are looking for people who are passionate about revolutionizing the energy sector to join us at this critical growth stage. You’ll have the chance to be part of a rapidly growing team that has the agility and impact of an early stage company, while building on world-class technology created at Alphabet. Learn more aboutTapestry here.

About the role:

Tapestry, a fast-paced team within X (formerly Google X) is looking for a Technical Program Manager to help increase the effectiveness of how our Engineering, Product, and Operations teams work together in preparing our product for commercialization. This role will support the day-to-day progress of our Software development, align both Software & Hardware efforts with product priorities, and drive efficiency. This is an incredibly dynamic role and requires high cross-functional communication, organization, and planning. The ideal candidate has a background in programming and has had some exposure to agile methodology.

How you will make 10x impact:

• Lead overall program management for a fast paced, highly innovative software development team, including workload balancing, leading engineering sprints, structuring meetings, overseeing and tracking workstreams supporting the program goals, and helping to create project goals as well as carefully track progress against them

• Work hand-in-hand with our Engineering team to keep software efforts in alignment with project’s priorities and organize bugs/feature requests into our product backlog.

• Create a decision making forum for regular roadmap review and prioritization of key development tasks

• Proactively identify problems and issues and create programs and processes to solve them

• Guide the team through the learning and changes inherent in early product development, helping set the right expectations internally and externally

• Understand customer priorities and translate into Engineering impact to provide input on timelines and feasibility

• Drive velocity, efficiency, and teamwork

  What you should have:

• B.S. in Engineering or Computer Science

• At least 5 years of project/program management or product development

• Experience driving a program from prototype to a realized product

• Excellent communication, organizational, written and analytical skills

• Track record of successful implementation of TPM processes in engineering organizations

  Critical Competencies

• Total ownership: Takes responsibility and accountability for the key results to be delivered and passion and drive to own the problem in a specific area and run with it including architecture, design, implementation, testing and execution.

• Egoless: Puts team and Tapestry’s needs above own self interests and is customer facing.

• Works well across functions: Demonstrable partnership approach and an amiable disposition.

• Bias towards action with exceptional judgment: Takes guidance from the leadership team and key stakeholders, but moves fast, makes sound data driven recommendations and takes decisive action.

• Bias for execution and planning: Outcomes oriented and has demonstrable experience having previously run program management in fast moving software engineering organizations against a ‘high-bar’ plan without burning teams or stakeholder relationships.

• Deals With Ambiguity: In the absence of a clear path, creates the path and defines the resource map and strategy to address.

  It’d be great it you also had these:

• Masters degree in engineering disciplines, or equivalent practical experience

• Experience working on, or passion for, the energy sector or sustainability

• Ability to influence without authority, working with technical and cross-functional teams who do not report into this role to get things done

• Experience working in a startup-like environment

  The US base salary range for this full-time position is $142,000 - $185,000 + bonuses + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. 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 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, or benefits.

At X, we don't just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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