Data Center Planning PM — Pre-Construction & Cost Governance

Google; New York (NY); On-site; USD 192,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager for Data Center Development Planning and Pre-Construction in the Advanced track. You will lead large-scale data center projects from planning through pre-construction, coordinating across Engineering, Procurement, and Construction to optimize capital expenditure and align with design intent.

The role demands deep domain expertise and strong stakeholder influence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree as required or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of program management experience in construction/real estate/data center.
• 8 years of experience in agreement negotiation, procurement strategies, and data visualization for program performance.
• 8 years of experience in strategy and cost governance, value engineering, and optimizing CapEx and contracting methodologies.
• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead intake, planning, and pre-construction phases of large-scale data centers with developers to deliver capacity aligned with design intent and construction execution strategies.
• Drive cost and schedule governance across multi-billion dollar CapEx portfolios and oversee agreement management strategies.
• Advocate parametric cost modeling and analytics to optimize real estate development and building design, using data to predict risks and standardize elements.
• Act as strategic liaison between developers, design engineering, procurement, and internal stakeholders, leading critical agreement negotiations.

Skills

Program management

Agreement negotiation

Procurement strategies

Data visualization tools

Cross-functional projects

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, related field or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager for Data Center Development Planning and Pre-Construction in the Advanced track. You will lead large-scale data center projects from planning through pre-construction, coordinating across Engineering, Procurement, and Construction to optimize capital expenditure and align with design intent.

The role demands deep domain expertise and strong stakeholder influence.