Strategic Negotiator, Energy Market Development
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 10 years of experience leading negotiations or business development.
- Experience in people management.
- Experience with the energy landscape in the U.S. Eastern region, including key stakeholders, critical issues, and market trends at both the state and regional levels.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience working on clean energy policy and regulatory subject matter, especially relating to electric utilities, rate design and analysis, and related topics.
Experience winning outcomes in regulatory and legislative arenas, especially within stakeholder coalitions. - Knowledge of key stakeholders, issues, and market trends within the US-Eastern region at the state and regional levels.
- Ability to creatively solve multi-stakeholder issues and grow in ambiguous and uncertain environments.
- Excellent communication and project management skills with executive presence.
About the job
Google's infrastructure needs go far beyond server computers. As Google's products and services scale the globe, the Strategic Negotiation team works behind the scenes to secure infrastructure for Google's future -- everything from underwater cables to physical data center space. As a Strategic Negotiator, you combine your deep market knowledge of a given sector with tech industry savvy to negotiate cost-effective solutions to support Google's infrastructure growth. You'll work with specific project teams on negotiating deals, managing vendor and partner relationships and presenting deal recommendations to our Tech leadership. Your successful negotiations have the potential to save Google millions of dollars in operating costs and impact every part of the business.
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.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of individuals, set and communicate individual and team priorities that support organizational goals. Meet regularly with individuals to discuss performance and development, and provide feedback and coaching.
- Serve as a commercial liaison between vendors and internal stakeholders.
- Develop and work on regional or market segment strategy for long-term infrastructure development programs. Influence third-party strategy at the executive level.
- Manage confidential projects with awareness of value and timing, and actively contribute to development of overall project plans.
- Negotiate all types of contracts with all types of vendors within a domain.
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