--- title: Staff Operations Program Manager, Pixel Watches description: Google is hiring for the Staff Operations Program Manager, Pixel Watches role in Mountain View, CA. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/operations-program-manager-pixel-watches-at-google-01a162e4-246c-73f0-a952-84d657c80364 date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join Google as Staff Operations Program Manager, Pixel Watches in Mountain View, CA. Pays $188K–$274K per year. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/hgm0mf.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [Google](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/google?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | Mountain View, CA | | **Salary** | $188K/yr - $274K/yr | | **Posted** | Oct 22, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A- · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** Google sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 9,179 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Google. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $200,000 – $235,000 a year (median $227,000). ## Description As a New Product Operations Program Manager, you will be the primary manufacturing interface for a new hardware product. You will work with Google’s engineering and product teams to drive new product development builds and support ongoing changes to existing products. You will lead a team to ensure products are designed and built to Google’s high standards of functionality and quality. Your projects often span offices, time zones and hemispheres, and it's your job to keep all the players coordinated on the project's progress and deadlines. The New Product Introduction (NPI) team also defines pricing and sourcing strategy for new products. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $188000 - $274000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more about [benefits at Google](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/). - Plan and execute NPI development builds and influence product manufacturability, testability, and supply chain responsiveness in pursuit of high quality, optimal cost and maximum capacity. - Manage all operations-related communications, upward and downward, throughout the organization; escalate key issues and present options for resolution to executives. - Drive cross-functional teams to deliver on product goals; build consensus among teams to balance risks and influence executive decision making. - Manage NPI project schedules and operational deliverables, identify risks and clearly communicate them to project stakeholders with tradeoffs and mitigation plans. - Lead cross-functional teams within Google and external partners to prepare for production ramp and product transition to sustaining. ### Minimum qualifications: - Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. - 8 years of experience in hardware operations for the consumer technology market. - Experience launching consumer hardware products in one or more manufacturing models (e.g., Contract Manufacturing (CM) or Joint Development Manufacturing (JDM)). - Experience in hardware operations. - Experience in hardware bill of materials, assembly/test processes, Capex and Operating Cost of Goods Sold (OCOGS). ### Preferred qualifications: - Experience in working with global and cross-functional internal and external teams. - Strong written and verbal communication skills, and ability to present to leadership. - Excellent analytical, quantitative reasoning, problem solving, creativity and strategic skills. - Ability to travel 25% of the time internationally. - Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. - 8 years of experience in hardware operations for the consumer technology market. - Experience launching consumer hardware products in one or more manufacturing models (e.g., Contract Manufacturing (CM) or Joint Development Manufacturing (JDM)). - Experience in hardware operations. - Experience in hardware bill of materials, assembly/test processes, Capex and Operating Cost of Goods Sold (OCOGS). ## Skills - Balance Sheet - Influencing - Quantitative Analysis - Decision Making - Bill Of Materials - Testability - Problem Solving - Design for Manufacturing (Dfm) - Cost Of Goods Sold (Inventory) - Contract Manufacturing - Risk Mitigation - Supply Chain - New Product Introduction (Npi) - Consensus Algorithms - Communication ## Related - [More jobs at Google](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/google?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Technology & Software jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [IT Manager jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/it-managers?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Technical Program Manager jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/it-managers/technical-program-manager?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 260759 jobs - [Technology, Information and Internet](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/technology-information-and-internet?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 11788 jobs - [Google](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/google?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 3839 jobs ## Related pages - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 260759 jobs - [Technology, Information and Internet](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/technology-information-and-internet?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 11788 jobs - [Google](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/google?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 3839 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)