Program Manager III, Cost Intelligence, Cloud Supply Chain

### Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program or project management.
• Experience in supply chain or procurement.
• Experience in developing and utilizing should-cost models, total cost of ownership analysis, and market intelligence.

### Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience in indirect procurement categories (e.g., professional services, logistics, software, technology).
• Understanding of supplier cost structures, value chain analysis, and negotiation dynamics.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for executive stakeholders.

## 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.

As a Cost Intelligence Program Manager, you will be a foundational member and key architect of our new Cost Intelligence. You will be responsible for developing, implementing, and managing the methodologies, tools, and processes for should-cost modeling, market intelligence gathering, and value engineering. You are a investigative and strategic individual who can build complex financial models, dissect supplier cost breakdowns, synthesize market data, and translate these insights into clear, actionable recommendations for category managers and leadership (e.g., negotiation levers). You will partner closely with category management, analytics, finance, and other stakeholders to provide the data-driven foundation for strategic decision-making, negotiation strategy development, and continuous cost improvement initiatives.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $159,000-$231,000 + bonus + equity + 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 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.

## Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain sophisticated should-cost models for key indirect spend categories, incorporating factors like labor rates, material costs, overhead, profit margins, and regional variations.
• Establish a standardized methodology and toolset for bottom-up cost analysis, enabling a deeper understanding of supplier pricing beyond surface-level benchmarks.
• Develop and manage a market intelligence program, continuously gathering, analyzing, and disseminating data on supplier landscapes, market trends, price indices, and emerging technologies.
• Act as a key investigative partner to category managers during strategic sourcing events and supplier negotiations, providing real-time cost insights, scenario modeling, and negotiation leverage points.
• Develop processes and linkages between the cost models developed during Request For (RFx) and direct negotiation, forecast and actuals in partnership with value efficiency. Monitor, flag and report variances, routing the information to Strategy, Planning and Operations (SPO) and category managers.

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