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Program management · Google
Scaling a career program to 56,000 Googlers
For two years I ran the day-to-day operations of Own Your Career, one of Google's largest career development programs.
- Googlers reached
- 56,000+
- Countries
- ~100
- Positive feedback
- 97%
Googlers reached
Countries
Positive feedback
The challenge
When I joined, Own Your Career already had strong content, an engaged audience and a clear vision. What it didn't yet have was the operating model needed to scale globally.
What I built
I built the program infrastructure around it: planning and OKRs, a cross-functional team, communications, a newsletter, global live events, volunteer operations, budget tracking, and 15+ SOPs and playbooks.
How I approached it
As demand grew, I focused on making the program less dependent on individual people. The live sessions became a major growth engine, so I ran the pipeline end to end: intake, prioritization, scheduling, executive briefings, logistics, communications, feedback and reporting. Sessions could attract thousands of Googlers and often involved senior leaders, including VPs, so the work meant balancing speed with careful stakeholder management and coordinating with teams such as HR and PR when needed.
The result
The program grew from roughly 31,000 to more than 56,000 Googlers in three quarters, reached employees across around 100 countries, and maintained 97% positive feedback. More importantly, it had an operating system behind it: processes, roles and resources that allowed a large global program to run consistently rather than relying on constant intervention.
