Strategic Land Development Manager - Data Center Focus

Google; Thornton (CO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

PTO 20 days

Sick time

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Holidays

Job summary

Google seeks a Land Development and Portfolio Manager to lead pre-construction development on owned sites, own entitlements, provider agreements, and coordinating off-site infrastructure for scheduled, budgeted, full-capacity sites.

You will partner with cross-functional teams, coordinate with local jurisdictions and utility partners, and drive long-term operational success from post‑acquisition through asset end‑of‑life.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Real Estate, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience leading negotiations on land entitlements and infrastructure agreements.
• 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.
• Experience in agreement drafting, redlining, and delivering presentations.
• Expertise in project economics, risk management, financial modeling, budgeting, indirect taxes, and economic development policy.
• Track record of collaborating with utility providers and local governments to secure power allocations, with an understanding of power transmission and data center technology.

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.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Real Estate, or related field, or equivalent practical experience

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

Job description

Google seeks a Land Development and Portfolio Manager to lead pre-construction development on owned sites, own entitlements, provider agreements, and coordinating off-site infrastructure for scheduled, budgeted, full-capacity sites.

You will partner with cross-functional teams, coordinate with local jurisdictions and utility partners, and drive long-term operational success from post‑acquisition through asset end‑of‑life.