Senior Technical Program Manager, Data Center Tech Construction and Delivery

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

As a Technical Program Manager, you will provide leadership and management to ensure the successful delivery of our growing global fleet of Data Centers.

In this role, you will work cross-functionally to manage multiple projects through the various stages of evaluation, design, agreements, construction, and handover to operations, including projects at greenfield sites and within operational facilities for both our small-scale data center infrastructure deployments as well as hyper-scale data centers. You will be involved in implementation and partner with negotiators, project managers and engineers, as well as our construction and operations teams, to develop creative and scalable solutions for the delivery of data centers that meet our operational requirements.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving channel behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $227,000-$320,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Lead the pre-construction, construction, and capital project support for ongoing operations within a critical region.
• Provide strategic and tactical leadership over large-scale data center construction projects including onsite direction to facilitate successful execution.
• Collaborate with external stakeholders, including leadership from key vendors, trades, and commissioning agents, to foster strong relationships, proactively identify potential risks and opportunities, and ensure alignment on project objectives.
• Advocate a clear project delivery strategy and effectively communicate it to internal teams and extended stakeholders. Drive alignment around key milestones, workflows, and critical path management for large capital improvement and greenfield, and brownfield projects.
• Provide leadership to internal and external teams consisting of project management, engineering and construction professionals. Oversee project schedule and cost control activities, ensuring adherence to program-level controls, safety, and quality initiatives.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in program management.
• 10 years of experience working with the design and construction of facility and infrastructure projects in the data center industry or other mission critical environments.

Preferred qualifications:

• 10 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience managing vendor relationships.
• Knowledge of facility electrical and mechanical systems, construction and operations.
• Excellent requirement gathering, resource organization, task prioritization, scheduling, and goal attainment skills.