Data Center TPM: Capital Projects & Strategy

Google

Austin (TX)

Hybrid

USD 192,000 - 278,000

Full time

10 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance
401(k) match
Paid time off
Sick leave
Maternity leave
Baby bonding leave
Paid holidays

Job summary

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead large-scale data center projects within the Global Infrastructure and Energy team. You will partner with developers, design engineering, procurement, and construction to plan requirements, manage schedules, and align contracting strategies.

This role focuses on planning, pre-construction, and agreement management, driving cost governance and capital efficiency through data-driven modeling, and communicating tradeoffs to executives.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in program management within the construction, real estate, or data center industry including site selection, due diligence, and permitting.
  • 8 years of experience in agreement negotiation, procurement strategies, and using data visualization tools to track program performance and manage vendor relationships.
  • 8 years of experience in strategy and cost governance, utilizing value engineering and parametric modeling to optimize capital expenditure (CapEx) and contracting methodologies.
  • 8 years of experience managing cross-functional projects.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the intake, planning, and pre-construction phases of large-scale data centers, partnering with developers to deliver critical capacity aligned with design intent and construction execution strategies.
  • Drive cost and schedule governance across multi-billion dollar capital expenditure (CapEx) portfolios. Oversee agreement management strategies and transform funding models to ensure capital allocation aligns with verified planning and construction milestones.
  • Advocate the use of parametric cost modeling and analytics to optimize real estate development and building design, using data to predict risks and standardize elements for capital efficiency and speed.
  • Act as the strategic linchpin between developers, design engineering, procurement, and internal stakeholders, leading critical agreement negotiations and pivoting contracting methodologies (e.g., GMP to lump sum) to secure best-value procurement.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership
Contract negotiations
Cost governance
Parametric modeling
Capital planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Data visualization tools

Job description

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead large-scale data center projects within the Global Infrastructure and Energy team. You will partner with developers, design engineering, procurement, and construction to plan requirements, manage schedules, and align contracting strategies.

This role focuses on planning, pre-construction, and agreement management, driving cost governance and capital efficiency through data-driven modeling, and communicating tradeoffs to executives.

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