Senior Technical Program Manager, Cloud Market Expansion
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in program management.
- 8 years of experience in data center infrastructure, cloud computing, or a related technical real estate role.
- Experience working cross-functionally with technical and business teams.
- Experience translating technical requirements into data center real estate specifications.
Preferred qualifications:
- 12 years of experience in data center infrastructure, cloud computing, or technical real estate, with a focus on market analysis and strategy.
- Experience with data center site selection, evaluation, and lease negotiations.
- Experience with financial modeling and cost optimization strategies for data center infrastructure.
- Understanding of hyperscale cloud architecture, networking, power, and cooling technologies.
- Ability to articulate technical concepts to different audiences.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
About the job
The Energy and Location Strategy (ELS) team works behind the scenes as a dynamic team within Google responsible for delivering the infrastructure capacity needed to support Google's growing product portfolio. The Cloud and Asset Portfolio Solutions (CAPS) team sits within ELS, and we manage a portfolio of infrastructure projects, ensuring that Google's services have the resources they need to operate seamlessly and reliably. CAPS performs location strategy and portfolio management to determine where, why, and how much infrastructure assets Google needs to seamlessly scale into the future. We provide the programs, strategies and tool sets for our regional negotiation and execution teams to consistently make high-quality decisions at scale, faster and with less risk to meet the needs of Google’s business.
Responsibilities
- Analyze global cloud market trends, including hyperscale growth, hybrid/multi-cloud adoption, and demand for specific cloud services, to inform data center real estate decisions.
- Translate technical cloud infrastructure requirements (e.g., power density, cooling, network connectivity, latency, security, compliance) into actionable real estate specifications for site selection, design, and development.
- Collaborate with real estate and engineering teams to identify, evaluate, and recommend optimal data center sites based on technical criteria, market conditions, and business objectives.
- Advise on data center acquisition, leasing, and build strategies continuously seeking opportunities for cost optimization and operational efficiency across the real estate portfolio.
- Partner with internal cloud engineering, network, security and legal teams, as well as external data center developers and utility providers, to execute comprehensive data center strategies.
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