Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience in program or project management.
  
• 8 years of experience in partnerships, market development, public policy, or government affairs, with a focus on infrastructure, water, sustainability, or technology sectors.

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects between external partners and internal teams.
• Experience defining Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and building reporting dashboards to translate program metrics into actionable executive insights.
• Experience leading complex, multi-year infrastructure programs, particularly within data center development, energy, or large-scale technical environments.
• Experience designing partnership governance frameworks and standardized processes for external partner onboarding.
• Exceptional executive communication skills, with experience developing strategy decks and preparing leadership briefs.

About the job

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 Program Manager at Google, you’ll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish — working 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's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.

The Data Center Market Development (DCMD) team is behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We are proud to be our engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

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 force 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end program lifecycle by defining the vision, goals, schedules, and resource requirements, to support the data center development strategy.
• Establish governance frameworks and standardized processes for external partner onboarding and tracking, alongside forging C-level relationships.
• Act as the central strategic hub bridging external partners with internal cross-functional teams such as Engineering, Public Policy, Energy, and Legal, proactively aligning conflicting priorities and resolving bottlenecks with diplomacy.
• Prepare executive briefs, talking points, and strategy decks for internal leadership engagements, and represent Google externally as a thought leader in industry forums to shape digital infrastructure while proactively addressing market trends and risks.
• Develop KPIs, metrics, and dashboards to measure the quantitative and qualitative impact of engagements, routinely conducting Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) and synthesizing progress into compelling reports for executive leadership and partners.