Strategic Operations Lead, Coding, Thinking, and Research, Deepmind

Google Google · Big Tech · Mountain View, CA +1

Senior Technical Program Manager to support the VP of technology at DeepMind, focusing on operational design and execution for thinking, coding, and research areas. The role involves bridging strategy with execution, managing planning processes, resource allocation, and special projects in a fast-paced AI research environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Define and execute the annual and bi-annual planning processes while driving the OKR cycle to align key priorities across the thinking, coding, and research areas.
  2. Lead headcount and budget planning, allocate resources based on priority and organizational strategy, and forecast trends to ensure optimal operational efficiency.
  3. Identify and implement strategies to reduce operational friction, bureaucracy, and waste, while consistently monitoring resource utilization to mitigate bottlenecks.
  4. Analyze resource management data and perform ad hoc evaluations to uncover trends, optimize performance, and identify targeted areas for operational improvement.
  5. Manage specialized, technical projects for the VP of technology and coordinate high-visibility executive reviews to deliver clear progress updates

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 15 years of experience leading programs across multiple geographies and time zones.
  • 10 years of business operations experience, which includes owning key business processes or doing ‘chief of staff’ types of roles.

Nice to have

  • Good understanding or keen interest in LLMs and AGI Safety.
  • Excellent communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to audiences, including executive leadership.
  • Demonstrated success in fast-paced program execution and deliveries.

What the JD emphasized

  • high tolerance for the ambiguity in cutting-edge AI research
  • fast-paced environment
  • bridge high-level strategy with operational execution
  • operational design and execution
  • key operational processes and special projects
  • advancing AI development
  • solve complex global challenges
  • accelerate high-quality product innovation
  • safety and ethics are always our highest priority
  • pushing the boundaries
  • achieve exceptional results through collective effort