Senior Program Manager, People & Culture (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

About Us

Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanity’s most useful inventions. At Google DeepMind, we’re a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts and more, working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligenceWe use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, and collaborate with others on critical challenges, ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority

Snapshot

The role of the Program Management Team is to shape and accelerate the delivery of GDM’s highest priorities. This position is part of a dedicated Program Management team responsible for partnering with People & Culture (P&C) at Google DeepMind.  This means the role will focus on leading programs with a high element of organisational change or people involvement, impacting how the org operates and how people work. We continually pursue sustainable ways to optimize our work, working in partnership with P&C to cultivate an environment where people can be both highly collaborative and deeply creative, making responsible and groundbreaking research progress at pace.

We build positive relationships with teams, bringing clarity to ambiguity and providing stability during change. We provide expertise in various program management techniques to structure abstract and complex operational projects across the business. We use our coaching skills to support and enable people and teams to do their best work together. We continually deepen our domain knowledge, working alongside researchers and engineers to ensure all our work is advancing towards our mission.

The Role

As a Senior Program Manager, you will drive the success of strategic initiatives within the People & Culture function. You will partner with senior leadership across the P&C team, Google DeepMind, Google, and Alphabet to develop strategy into actionable programs, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. You will partner with Program Leads on effectively driving program goals forwards . You will apply expert program management methodologies and guide teams through complex, ambiguous environments. You will also lead and develop a team of Program Managers

This role involves leading and delivering large, strategic programs with a people focus. Collaborating closely with all our people functions, you will have a unique central viewpoint of the P&C portfolio. The core mission of this role is to enable Google DeepMind to grow, thrive and accelerate towards the mission in the most effective way possible. You will work on a variety of high priority, company-wide programs and initiatives to scope and deliver against critical and continually evolving deliverables and set programs up for long term success

Working closely with partners across People and Culture, you'll build direction and structure, craft creative solutions and simplify complexity. Previous project management experience, outstanding judgment and communication skills, a passion for constant learning, and an innovative, collaborative approach to problem solving are all prerequisites for this position

Key responsibilities:

• Partner with senior leaders (within P&C and across the organization) to understand and align with their objectives and vision, providing effective thought-partnership
• Translate evolving strategies into a prioritized set of programs within the P&C portfolio, providing oversight and insights to inform leadership decisions 
• Partner with program leads to focus their programs into a balanced portfolio that delivers regular results
• Manage the P&C portfolio of initiatives, empowering the P&C Program Management team and ensuring alignment with organizational mission and impact 
• Lead end-to-end program planning and delivery of key priorities within P&C, utilizing appropriate program management methodologies and tools
• Lead and manage a team of Program Managers to deliver against a range of objectives & priorities, providing leadership, advice, coaching, and guidance on projects and programs
• Co-develop program direction, priorities, goals, outcomes & success metrics with Leadership, continually bringing focus back to agreed priorities and OKRs
• Enable the effective collaboration of cross-functional teams on People related initiatives, pulling in the correct cross-functional experts at the right time
• Optimise program team design & efficient ways of working, managing stakeholders & bridging cross-program dependencies and collaboration opportunities
• Proactively identify and manage risks, dependencies and decisions. Actively seek solutions and implement mitigation strategies

About You

In order to set you up for success as a Senior Program Manager at Google DeepMind, we look for the following skills and experience:

• Extensive experience working with senior leadership, confidently communicating challenges and risks while proposing new solutions
•  Ability to build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships, fostering collaboration and trust
• A track record of leading and delivering complex projects and programs in an ambiguous environment. This includes managing large scale, time-bound programs, driving end-to-end delivery, and surfacing program insights to influence strategic direction
• Extensive expertise in program management, with a proven ability to navigate ambiguity and adapt to change
• Proven ability to navigate fast-paced, ever-evolving environments, demonstrating resourcefulness and creativity in solving complex challenges and implementing scalable solutions
• Experience supporting teams in a fast-paced environment, adapting plans and strategies as project conditions change
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence outcomes
• Ability to effectively cultivate a collaborative environment, leveraging the expertise of others and empowering & motivating team members to overcome challenges and find solutions

At Google DeepMind, we value diversity of experience, knowledge, backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Closing date: July 22nd 2025