Google · 4 hours ago
Strategic Negotiator III, Data Center Land Development and Portfolio Management
Google is a leading technology company that empowers its customers with breakthrough capabilities in AI and Infrastructure. As a Strategic Negotiator and Portfolio Manager, you will work with the land acquisition team to ensure that owned land assets meet all pre-data center construction development activities for effective data center capacity delivery.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO
Responsibilities
Negotiate with providers and AHJs for all utility infrastructure (power, water, wastewater, gas, roads), development, and interconnection agreements. Ensure third-party and Google delivered utility extensions are timely and appropriately contracted, ensuring firm capacity and schedules, cost effective payment structures, and protective terms
Drive campus readiness by managing zoning, entitlements, easements, and assisting with environmental permitting. Conduct impact studies to align site preparation with critical construction schedules
Serve as the primary liaison for utility supply strategy, facilitating negotiations between internal teams and providers to secure the resources necessary for planned data center developments
Oversee development activities to meet or exceed delivery timelines set by internal capacity planning teams, ensuring infrastructure is available ahead of operational needs
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Civil Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
6 years of experience in leading and negotiating utility infrastructure, supply, and service agreements
6 years of experience managing land development projects or supporting site planning and development, with a focus on heavy industrial or data center sectors
Experience in project management
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time as required
Preferred
Experience in real estate development, evaluation, acquisition, construction, and site selection for industrial-scale projects
Experience with power transmission and distribution, telecommunications infrastructure, data center technology, industrial-class electrical and cooling technology, or other related technical areas
Experience in indirect taxes, economic development policy, infrastructure development, agreement drafting, and presentation development, and with data center real estate markets
Understanding of financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, owning financial responsibility and tradeoffs necessary to meet company requirements
Ability to think outside the box and propose commercially and technically creative solutions
Ability to comfortably work in ambiguous, collaborative, and fast-paced environments
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Company
Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
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Funding
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$26.1MKey Investors
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