Policy Affairs Manager

Google LLC; Wien; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a Strategic Negotiator to lead negotiations for infrastructure expansion, spanning projects from data centers to global networks in Austria and Germany. You will leverage market knowledge and tech insights to negotiate cost-effective solutions, collaborating with project teams and leadership.

The role focuses on securing advantageous deals, managing vendor relations, and presenting recommendations to senior tech leadership, with potential to impact Google's cost profile

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience leading negotiations or business development.

Responsibilities

• Enhance and safeguard the data center lifecycle.
• Combine creativity and intellectual standards with the organisation in order to manage projects across the Austria and Germany.
• Manage our economic, sustainability, and social contributions to create connections between technology and modern life.
• Provide public policy through leadership, assist in building our workforce development pipeline, and build relationships within Google and externally by networking.

Skills

Negotiation leadership

Business development

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Berlin, Germany; Vienna, Austria.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience leading negotiations or business development.

Preferred qualifications

• 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.
• Ability to identify opportunities and areas for improvement, and operate in a fast-paced environment. Excellent attention to detail along with political and communication skills.

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.

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' 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.

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

• Enhance and safeguard the data center lifecycle.
• Combine creativity and intellectual standards with the organisation in order to manage projects across the Austria and Germany.
• Manage our economic, sustainability, and social contributions to create connections between technology and modern life.
• Provide public policy through leadership, assist in building our workforce development pipeline, and build relationships within Google and externally by networking.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.