Director, Data Center Acquisition and Development
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Public Policy, Finance, Real Estate, Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 15 years of related experience building and executing asset strategies in the context of the Americas Region
- 10 years of experience in negotiation, including originating deals, developing business terms, and closing transactions
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in power transmission and distribution, telecommunications infrastructure, data center technology, industrial class electrical and cooling technology, or other related areas of technical expertise
- Experience with real estate markets within the Americas and establishing infrastructure in markets
- Experience in collocation agreements, site selection for industrial-scale projects, real estate evaluation, acquisition, development, construction, utility agreements management, energy challenges, implementing clean energy initiatives, or financial modeling
- Experience in economic development policy, financial modeling, infrastructure development, agreement drafting/redlining, and presentation development
- Experience building and managing teams, with broad cross-functional engagement
About the job
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're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart to rebuild them. We're always on call to keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.
As the Director for Data Center Acquisition and Development, you'll work within Google’s Global Energy and Location Strategy team. You will be accountable for supporting the delivery of all data center locations, including leading the most complex negotiations in North and South America. You will also play a key role in overall portfolio execution for existing data centers sites and related infrastructure.
The role is responsible for leading the origination, agreement structuring and discussions for complex projects. You will develop deep relationships with regional and global leadership, ensuring consistency with the standards and protocols set globally.
You are accountable for dynamic reporting of metrics to efficiently support leadership updates and advocate the team’s work, landings, and accomplishments, and rationalizes priorities. You will support development of a holistic view of supply choices and associated trade-offs, and will be a senior point of escalation when engaging with cross-functional planning teams.
You will work with economic development teams to prioritize projects and optimize growth, and economic development messaging. You will also interface with government officials.
Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $262,000-$369,000 + 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
- Foster, structure, discuss, and land uniquely strategic transactions supporting delivery of data center inventory to meet short and long term strategic objectives across the Americas. Focus on the most strategic agreements across the region in terms of total value, scale, and complexity.
- Play a key role in expansion efforts at existing data centers priority metros, as well as acquiring inventory in new regions prioritized by Google.
- Be responsible for material contributions to help deliver on an official strategy that encompasses dozens of markets.
- Be responsible for acting as a key leader for Global Technical Infrastructure, engaging with other leaders across the region and globally.
- Be responsible for advocating and representing our core priorities and values with regional political leadership and other external parties.
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