Technical Program Manager, Biosecurity, DeepMind
Summary
Technical Program Manager for Google DeepMind's Biosecurity/Bioresilience portfolio in London: refining strategy with leadership, driving roadmaps, risk management, and end-to-end delivery of cross-functional research programs. Requires 7+ years of TPM experience, with life-science data exposure preferred.
Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.
- Collaborate with leadership to refine strategy, effectively communicating it across the organization and translating evolving priorities into an actionable portfolio with insightful oversight. Deliver key technical aspects of the Bioresilience portfolio to accelerate research, including roadmap development, risk management, cross-functional alignment, and technical work.
- Provide technical data and influence decision-making across the organization, including evaluating research impact, building feedback mechanisms, identifying data needs, and supporting cross-functional roadmap alignment. Lead and role model end-to-end program planning and delivery of key priorities when needed.
- Drive engagement across the team by building relationships, sharing constructive feedback and challenging established ways of thinking.
- Ensure and proactively shape culture to ensure best practices in program management across the team.
- Coach teams through fostering collaboration, driving engagement, and providing clear communication in pursuit of clearly defined goals.
Minimum qualifications:
- 7 years of experience in technical program management.
- Experience managing programs in a technology, government, national security, or policy-focused organization.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience working with life science data, such as in bioinformatics or health informatics.
- Experience evaluating program success against strategic OKRs and sharing actionable insights to drive continuous improvement.
- Proven ability to manage portfolios with a high element of organizational change, leveraging change management principles effectively.
- Ability to act as an independent sounding board, utilizing coaching techniques to empower cross-functional teams.
- High degree of curiosity and a demonstrated passion for acquiring new domain knowledge to enhance program impact.
