Technical Program Manager, Energy Portfolio Risk Management Lead, EMEA

Google LLC; United Kingdom; Vor Ort; GBP 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Google LLC’s Data Center team seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead risk management across the EMEA energy contracts and portfolios. You will plan requirements with internal customers and guide projects through the lifecycle, from schedules to risk identification and executive communication.

The role requires deep expertise in energy markets, portfolio operations, and cross-functional leadership, with the ability to translate data into strategic risk narratives for engineers and executives.

Qualifikationen

• 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.

Aufgaben

• 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.

Kenntnisse

risk management

portfolio analysis

team leadership

cross-functional collaboration

data analysis

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Advanced degree in quantitative/engineering/business/energy-related discipline

Tools

SQL

Relational data models

risk dashboards

data transformation

Jobbeschreibung

Minimum qualifications:

• 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.

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