Public Affairs Subject Matter Expert, Data Center Operations

Google LLC; Reston, Atlanta (VA, GA); On-site; USD 176,000 - 256,000; Full time

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Job summary

Google is seeking a Public Affairs Subject Matter Expert for Data Center Operations based in Reston, VA or Atlanta, GA. You will blend deep data center operations knowledge with public policy and stakeholder engagement to shape external messaging and strategy.

The role involves negotiating infrastructure needs, presenting to officials, and leading cross-functional education efforts. Expect travel up to 50% and a focus on clear, credible narratives for communities and regulators.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, public policy, or equivalent practical data center operations experience.
• 10 years of experience working with technical infrastructure projects, including hyperscale data center operations, facility design, or site development.
• Experience in stakeholder management, strategy development, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience in public speaking and communicating data center operations to varied audiences.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time, often on short notice for municipal hearings and community forums.

Responsibilities

• Deploy on short notice to hearings and town halls to address local concerns.
• Deliver formal and sworn expert witness testimony before local regulatory bodies and committees.
• Author standardized operational playbooks, technical FAQs, and rapid-response one-pagers for regional public affairs teams.
• Lead 'Data Center 101' education translating cooling, acoustics, power, and security into clear narratives.
• Partner with site selection, planning, data center operations, and other teams to drive data center market efforts.

Skills

Public speaking

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Public Affairs Subject Matter Expert, Data Center Operations

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• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, public policy, or equivalent practical data center operations experience.
• 10 years of experience working with technical infrastructure projects, including hyperscale data center operations, facility design, or site development.
• Experience in stakeholder management, strategy development, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience in public speaking and communicating data center operations to varied audiences.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time, often on short notice for municipal hearings and community forums.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience testifying, presenting, or serving as a subject matter expert before public officials, planning commissions, regulatory agencies, or community groups.
• Experience partnering with public policy, legal, communications, and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Experience in developing community strategy and creating campaigns for public affairs.
• Demonstrated experience with process improvement within data center management.
• Proven ability to bridge technical reality with public perception, translating complex physical engineering systems into clear, credible narratives for neighbors and local officials.

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.

The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical and HVAC systems in the world. We are a creative, team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers.
As a Data Center Strategic Negotiator, you will combine your deep real estate development knowledge with tech industry savvy to ensure we have a healthy portfolio of sites ready for development to support Google's growth. You'll work with specific project teams on site development, delivering off-site utility infrastructure, managing relationships with local officials, utilities, and AHJ’s (Authority Having Jurisdiction), and presenting portfolio recommendations to our Tech leadership.

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. 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
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• Deploy on short notice to contested municipal hearings, planning commissions, and community town halls to counter misinformation, field technical cross-examinations, and address local concerns directly.
• Deliver formal and sworn expert witness testimony before local regulatory dockets, zoning boards, administrative bodies, and legislative committees.
• Author standardized operational playbooks, technical FAQs, and rapid-response one-pagers for regional public affairs teams to deploy locally.
• Lead "Data Center 101" education to translate physical systems—such as thermal cooling architectures, acoustic dampening, backup generation, and physical security—into accessible, fact-based narratives.
• Partner directly with site selection, planning, data center operations, and other internal teams to drive data center market efforts seamlessly from concept to completion.

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