Senior Data Center Energy Strategy & Negotiations Lead

Google; Midlothian (TX); On-site; USD 176,000 - 256,000; Full time

Job summary

Google seeks a Strategic Negotiator to lead complex energy supply formations and commercial structuring for Google’s data center footprint. You will negotiate PPAs, microgrid agreements, and utility energy supply contracts, collaborating with IPPs, utilities, and internal teams to optimize total cost of ownership.

You will drive cross-functional workstreams, analyze regional market trends, and model project economics while aligning executive leadership on key energy decisions and approvals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in energy project development, utility procurement, or finance/consulting roles.
• 10 years of experience developing or structuring power purchase agreements for the use of Microgrids, Behind-the-Meter (BTM) power agreements, gas turbines, BESS, fuel cell or geothermal energy.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex energy supply formation and commercial structuring, including behind-the-meter clean baseload energy agreements involving PPAs with energy suppliers, microgrid agreements, as well as utility energy supply agreements including special tariff development and sleeving structures.
• Drive several cross functional workstreams including regional market trend analysis, project economic and generation dispatch modeling, risk assessment across accounting and treasury functions, technical engineering analysis of system design, and leadership alignment across energy and infrastructure executives to achieve successful decision-making and approvals.
• Seek and identify new energy-ready sites, while developing and strengthening relationships with key energy partners including Independent Power Producers (IPPs), utilities, co-ops, and other related energy stakeholders.
• Contribute to the growth of Google's data center portfolio through energy due diligence during site selection and data center project development.

Skills

Energy project development

PPA negotiation

Microgrid agreements

Behind-the-meter energy

Tariff development

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google seeks a Strategic Negotiator to lead complex energy supply formations and commercial structuring for Google’s data center footprint. You will negotiate PPAs, microgrid agreements, and utility energy supply contracts, collaborating with IPPs, utilities, and internal teams to optimize total cost of ownership.

You will drive cross-functional workstreams, analyze regional market trends, and model project economics while aligning executive leadership on key energy decisions and approvals.