Technical Program Manager, Data Center Regional Portfolio Planner
About The Position
As our products and services scale the globe, the Global Infrastructure and Energy team works behind the scenes as a dynamic team within Google responsible for delivering the infrastructure capacity needed to support Google's rapidly growing product portfolio. The Supply Strategy and Portfolio Planning team manages a portfolio of infrastructure projects, ensuring that Google's services have the resources they need to operate seamlessly and reliably. We perform location strategy, regional planning and portfolio management to determine where, why, and how much infrastructure assets needed. We provide the programs, strategies and tool sets for our regional discussion and execution teams to consistently make high-quality decisions at scale, faster and with less risk to meet the needs of Google’s business. In this role, you will lead multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish and will work with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It will be your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines. As a member of the Supply Strategy and Portfolio Planning team, you will lead the planning of a global data center portfolio, informing efficient execution and risk management practices, and ensuring alignment with objectives. You will lead programs that reach beyond your immediate team, proactively identifying and leading activities to deliver business, operational, and technical improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in real estate, engineering, construction management or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in program management or planning for data center infrastructure and real estate development (or a similar industry).
- 5 years of experience in managing cross-functional programs.
Nice To Haves
- 8 years of experience in managing large, cross-functional program
- Ability to develop data-driven technical insights and quickly translating them into executable commercial solutions for the business.
- Excellent skills in planning and communication management in a cross-functional leadership role, with the ability to create project plans that break down work into discrete phases and manage dependencies.
Responsibilities
- Own the development of the long-range infrastructure supply plans.
- Utilize the output from advanced demand and capacity models to drive critical trade-off decisions and develop optimal multi-year supply plans.
- Communicate the resulting resource requirements and investment signals to key suppliers and execution partners to ensure alignment and advocate for the optimal planning outcome
- Establish cross-functional planning governance, enforcing established principles and actively incorporating asset delivery status and risks from site acquisition through construction completion to ensure accountability and on-time performance of the regional plans.
- Serve as the central bridge and point-of-contact for the regional planning, cultivating strong relationships to align the internal business drivers of all key stakeholders with the regional infrastructure plans.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
