Team Manager, Technical Program Manager, Energy Contracts and Asset Management

Google; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Google seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead complex, cross‑functional energy-contract programs across EMEA and globally. You will partner with engineering, finance, and legal teams to translate strategy into executable workstreams and manage schedules, risks, and stakeholder communications.

As Energy Contracts and Asset Management lead, you will drive portfolio direction, scale programs, and mentor a high‑performing PM team, leveraging AI/ML automation to improve outcomes and operational

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in technical program management or energy portfolio operations.
• Experience writing SQL queries and building dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Lead program charters across energy contracts and related agreements.
• Leverage AI/ML to automate workflows and scale operations.
• Own portfolio metrics and oversee budgets for European markets.
• Build and mentor a high‑performing team of program managers.
• Form cross‑functional alliances and align leadership on resource needs.

Skills

SQL queries

Relational data modeling

Dashboard development

Mentoring PMs

Program management

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative/technical field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Python

Job description

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or technical field (e.g., Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science) or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in technical program management, energy contract management, or energy portfolio operations within wholesale electricity markets, utility tariffs, or Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), including experience managing or leading program teams or portfolio workstreams.
• Experience writing SQL queries, developing relational data models, building dashboards, and transforming datasets into business insights.
• Experience managing, coaching, or mentoring technical program managers, decomposing tests into delegatable workstreams, and fostering team environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in a quantitative, engineering, business, or energy-related discipline.
• Experience performing technical due diligence and collaborating with software/data engineering teams to evaluate technical scope, tooling architecture, and infrastructure system requirements.
• Demonstrated expertise in structured change management, continuous improvement methodologies, and managing complex stakeholder dynamics under ambiguity.
• Track record of leading complex, multi-team programs, driving consistency and economies of scale across an organization, and aligning executive stakeholders on strategic priorities.
• Advanced proficiency in deploying artificial intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs), or scripting (e.g., SQL and Python) to automate repetitive workflows, build internal tooling, and drive operational velocity.
• Deep understanding of EMEA electricity market dynamics, generator performance monitoring, utility operations, grid interconnection, and corporate PPA structures across multiple European jurisdictions.

About The Job

Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.

Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage various Engineering-specific programs and teams.

As Manager for Energy Contracts and Asset Management, you will guide, orchestrate, and optimize strategic, complex programs across EMEA and globally. Serving as an advanced subject-matter expert and advocate to executive stakeholders, you will align leadership on portfolio direction and drive programs that directly impact Google's energy portfolio scale.

Your mission spans two interconnected mandates program strategy and asset delivery to build team vision, address significant portfolio challenges, and align leadership to maximize returns. Operational Architecture and leadership to establish continuous improvement systems, lead AI/ML automation at scale, and coach, mentor, and develop a high-performing program team.

By translating ambiguous organizational goals into clear, delegatable workstreams, you will enhance productivity, foster innovation, and build vital cross-functional alliances.

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 so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

• Lead program charters across EMEA energy contracts, utility tariffs, and CFE agreements, translating strategic goals into clear objectives. Establish performance measurement frameworks and regular review cadences to drive efficiency and track success organization-wide.
• Leverage AI/ML best practices to automate complex workflows, scale operations, and accelerate strategic outcomes.
• Own portfolio metrics to inform executive decision-making, optimize resource allocation, and capture economies of scale. Oversee schedules, budgets, and contract amendments for power assets across European markets, mitigating regulatory and operational risks.
• Build, coach, and mentor a high-performing team of program managers while supporting career growth.
• Form cross-functional strategic alliances, align leadership on key communications, and advocate for program resources globally.

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 .