Land Development Manager, Data Centers

Google; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 176,000 - 256,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid vacation

Sick leave

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Paid holidays

Job summary

Google's infrastructure team seeks a Land Development and Portfolio Manager to lead pre-construction on owned sites, handling land-use entitlements and provider agreements for data center projects. You will coordinate off-site infrastructure, align with local jurisdictions and utility partners, and ensure on-schedule delivery within budget and full capacity.

The role requires strong negotiation, cross-functional collaboration, and a track record of delivering large-scale real estate for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience leading negotiations or business development.
• Master's degree in Urban Planning, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Real Estate, or related field.
• Experience managing greenfield land development, site selection, and real estate transactions for large-scale data centers or mission-critical facilities.
• Experience in agreement drafting, redlining, and delivering presentations.
• Experience successfully leading negotiations on land entitlements and infrastructure agreements on large complex projects using internal and external resources.
• Track record of collaborating with utility providers and local governments to secure power allocations, with an understanding of power transmission and data center technology.
• Expertise in project economics, risk management, financial modeling, budgeting, indirect taxes, and economic development policy.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate utility infrastructure and extension agreements with providers and AHJs.
• Support civil, utility, and building construction programs by ensuring campuses are development ready and aligned with schedules.
• Serve as the lead liaison with local and national utility providers for supply strategy.
• Manage all development activities to consistently meet or exceed required infrastructure delivery schedules as determined and communicated by internal capacity planning teams.

Skills

Negotiation leadership

Business development

Agreement drafting

Redlining

Presentations

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree in Urban Planning, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Real Estate, or related field

Job description

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Kirkland, WA, USA; Addison, TX, USA; New York, NY, USA; Reston, VA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Thornton, CO, USA.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience leading negotiations or business development.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Urban Planning, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Real Estate, or a related field.
• Experience managing greenfield land development, site selection, and real estate transactions for large-scale data centers or mission-critical facilities.
• Experience in agreement drafting, redlining, and delivering presentations.
• Experience successfully leading negotiations on land entitlements and infrastructure agreements on large complex projects using internal and external resources.
• Track record of collaborating with utility providers and local governments to secure power allocations, with an understanding of power transmission and data center technology.
• Expertise in project economics, risk management, financial modeling, budgeting, indirect taxes, and economic development policy.

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.

Within Infrastructure Construction & Asset Management (ICAM), the Data Center Land Development team stewards Google’s owned data centers and supporting infrastructure post‑acquisition. We bridge the gap between raw land and construction, ensuring on‑time capacity delivery by mitigating risk, securing complex land entitlements, and negotiating utility agreements to build a scalable real‑estate foundation.

As a Land Development and Portfolio Manager, you will partner with cross‑functional teams to lead pre‑construction development on owned sites. You will take ownership of land‑use entitlements, finalize provider agreements, and coordinate off‑site infrastructure to ensure sites operate on schedule, within budget, and at full capacity. Serving as the primary site lead from post‑acquisition through asset end‑of‑life, you will cultivate vital relationships with local jurisdictions, utility partners, and engineering teams to drive long‑term operational success.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability, and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting‑edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world‑leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $176000 - $256000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

• Negotiate utility infrastructure and extension agreements (water, wastewater, gas, power, roads) with providers and AHJs. Ensure third‑party and company‑delivered extensions are timely, cost‑effective, and secured with firm capacity and protective terms.
• Support civil, utility, and building construction programs by ensuring campuses are development ready and aligned with schedules. Coordinate zoning, entitlements, easement actions, environmental mitigations, permitting (air, discharge), and grid or traffic impact studies.
• Serve as the lead liaison with local and national utility providers for supply strategy. Facilitate critical negotiations between internal technical teams and external partners to secure the utility capacity needed for planned data center developments.
• Manage all development activities to consistently meet or exceed required infrastructure delivery schedules as determined and communicated by internal capacity planning teams.

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.