Senior Data Center Energy Strategy & Negotiations Lead

Google; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 176,000 - 256,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Strategic Negotiator to secure infrastructure for its global growth, leveraging deep sector knowledge and tech-savvy negotiation skills. You will work with project teams to structure deals, manage vendor relationships, and present recommendations to Tech leadership.

In this role, your negotiations aim to save Google millions in operating costs while supporting data center expansion and new infrastructure initiatives.

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 Power Purchase Agreements (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 market knowledge

Negotiation

PPA knowledge

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google is seeking a Strategic Negotiator to secure infrastructure for its global growth, leveraging deep sector knowledge and tech-savvy negotiation skills. You will work with project teams to structure deals, manage vendor relationships, and present recommendations to Tech leadership.

In this role, your negotiations aim to save Google millions in operating costs while supporting data center expansion and new infrastructure initiatives.