Technical Program Manager, Energy Portfolio Risk Management Lead, EMEA

Google; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead energy portfolio risk management for the EMEA region. You will plan requirements with internal customers, manage schedules, and communicate risks to executives while guiding cross-functional teams through the project lifecycle.

You will oversee risk programs for energy contracts and tariffs, with emphasis on PPAs, grids, and hedging in European markets, driving risk-aware decision making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of program management experience in energy risk management or related fields.
• 5 years of team leadership/management experience.
• Experience in electric power industry and European power markets.
• Experience in two or more electricity tariffs, rate structures, wholesale energy market contracts.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk management charters across the EMEA portfolio of energy contracts and tariffs with Contract and Asset Management.
• Review risk of new PPAs, Grid/Utility agreements with Commercial Structuring for early risk terms.
• Own EMEA portfolio risk metrics and stress-testing models for executive decisions.
• Assess schedules, exposures, hedging positions, and amendments for power assets in Europe.
• Form cross-functional alliances and align leadership on risk priorities across EMEA.

Skills

Program management

Energy risk management

Quantitative portfolio analysis

Team leadership/management

European power markets

Energy contracts knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Advanced degree in quantitative/engineering/energy field

Tools

SQL

Relational data modeling

Risk dashboards

Data transformation

Job description

Technical Program Manager, Energy Portfolio Risk Management Lead, EMEA

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• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management: energy risk management, quantitative portfolio analysis, or energy portfolio operations, including experience leading portfolio risk workstreams.
• 5 years of experience in team leadership/management.
• Experience in electric power industry (electric utilities, energy regulators, energy project development, energy project finance, energy policy, corporate energy procurement, energy commodities, energy consulting).
• Experience in European power markets (e.g., Transmission and Distribution System Operations) and carbon-free energy technologies.
• Experience in two or more: electricity tariffs, rate structures, wholesale energy market contracts, energy portfolio operations, energy contract management.

Preferred qualifications:

• Advanced degree in a quantitative, engineering, business, or energy-related discipline.
• Experience in energy risk management, quantitative portfolio analysis, or energy portfolio operations within wholesale electricity markets.
• Experience writing SQL queries, developing relational data models, building risk dashboards, and transforming datasets into business analysis.
• Experience leading cross-functional risk management programs and aligning stakeholders on risk priorities.
• Experience working with contract and asset management teams, decomposing risk challenges into workstreams, and mentoring peers.
• Experience deploying artificial intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs), or scripting to automate quantitative risk models and workflows.

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.

The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical and HVAC systems in the world. We are an upbeat, creative, team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk management charters across the EMEA portfolio of energy contracts, utility tariffs, and agreements in close partnership with the Contract and Asset Management team.
• Review the risk of all new Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), Grid Connection Agreements, Utility Supply Agreements and investments before execution working with the Commercial Structuring team to agree risk terms early in the agreement.
• Own EMEA portfolio risk metrics and stress-testing models to inform executive decision-making, optimize risk-adjusted resource allocation, and capture economies of scale.
• Work closely with the Contract and Asset Management team to assess schedules, financial exposures, hedging positions, and contract amendments for power assets across European markets.
• Form cross-functional strategic alliances across energy, finance, legal, and accounting, align leadership on key risk communications, and advocate for risk management priorities across the EMEA portfolio.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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