Data Center Energy Strategic Negotiator I

Google's infrastructure needs go far beyond server computers. As Google's products and services scale the globe, the Strategic Negotiation team works behind the scenes to secure infrastructure for Google's future -- everything from underwater cables to physical data center space. As a Strategic Negotiator, you combine your deep market knowledge of a given sector with tech industry savvy to negotiate cost-effective solutions to support Google's infrastructure growth. You'll work with specific project teams on negotiating deals, managing vendor and partner relationships and presenting deal recommendations to our Tech leadership. Your successful negotiations have the potential to save Google millions of dollars in operating costs and impact every part of the business.

As a Data Center Strategic Negotiator, you will combine your real estate development knowledge with technology industry to ensure we have a healthy portfolio of sites ready for development to support Google's growth. You will work with specific project teams on site development, delivering off-site utility infrastructure, managing relationships with local officials, utilities, and Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ’s), and presenting portfolio recommendations to our leadership.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Perform analyses including agreement structuring, power market analysis, financial forecasting and develop salient recommendations based on modeling.
• Support transaction and structuring for energy supply, power infrastructure, and other data center energy agreements, including supply agreements, interconnection agreements, power purchases agreements, partnerships, etc.
• Interface with a variety of team members negotiators such as portfolio managers, analytics experts and cross-company partner teams including engineering, finance, legal and accounting.
• Develop and lead agreement approvals, investment memos, and other transaction related materials with executives and partner teams.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience managing projects or supporting the planning and development of business agreements.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in European power markets (e.g., wholesale and retail) or carbon-free energy technologies.
• Knowledge of core corporate and project finance concepts (cost of capital, net present value, financial ratios, financing vehicles, etc.).

• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time as needed.

• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to co-ordinate with energy experts and non-experts alike on projects requiring inputs from multiple teams.
• Excellent quantitative and advanced modeling skills.