Portfolio Management Lead, Energy and Location Strategy

Google; Singapore; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Portfolio Management Lead to drive strategic negotiations and manage a team focused on site selection and capacity delivery across APAC. This role is pivotal in securing essential infrastructure, from data center spaces to utility contracts, while ensuring alignment with regional execution plans. The ideal candidate will leverage extensive experience in business development and people management, fostering relationships with internal stakeholders to optimize project outcomes. Join this dynamic team and contribute to shaping the future of infrastructure in a rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Qualifications

• 14 years of experience in negotiations or business development.
• Experience in managing global industrial real estate portfolios.

Responsibilities

• Manage APAC Portfolio Managers and ensure capacity delivery.
• Lead project management and stakeholder negotiations for site selection.

Skills

Negotiation Skills

Business Development

People Management

Creative Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Portfolio Management Lead, Energy and Location Strategy

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Google will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require Google's sponsorship of a visa.

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 14 years of experience leading negotiations or business development.
• Experience in people management.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience managing highly complex global industrial real estate portfolios for large multinational corporations.
• Experience executing large-scale site selection or asset delivery.
• Experience with vendor engagement, real estate evaluation, acquisition, development, construction, utility contracts, economic development incentives, legislative initiatives, taxation.
• Familiarity with industrial power transmission and distribution, telecommunications infrastructure, industrial class electrical and cooling technology, or other related areas of technical expertise.
• Demonstrated ability to think "outside the box", come up with commercially and technically creative solutions, comfort working independently and thinking dynamically, while leading cross-functional strategic efforts.

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:

• Manage a team of APAC Portfolio Managers responsible for managing a portfolio of sites to ensure the business is prepared to deliver capacity in APAC, whenever and wherever Google requires it.
• Lead the APAC Portfolio Management team on project management, stakeholder negotiations, expansion support, and integration of lessons learned into the end-to-end site selection and delivery process.
• Ensure alignment and delivery are consistent with APAC regional and sub-regional plans, priorities, and execution plans. Uphold standards, processes, policies, procedures, and rules to support project objectives.
• Manage relationships with internal teams/stakeholders involved in data center capacity delivery in the region (e.g., ELS stakeholders, FEP, DCS, ExE, DC-Supply planning, etc.).
• Track portfolio deliverables and milestones, ensuring the successful delivery of campuses and sites. Lead the implementation of regional portfolio standards and priorities, along with strategic initiatives.

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.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology and Engineering
• Industries: Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet