Technical Program Manager, Data Center Services

Google; Kansas; Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 333,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's Data Center Services team seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead greenfield and retrofit data center projects from ground readiness through handover. You will coordinate multi-disciplinary engineering teams, align internal stakeholders, and drive schedules, risks, and budgets while upholding safety and quality standards.

You will partner with vendors, oversee procurement, commissioning, and operational turnover, and mentor engineers and PMs to deliver at scale across the metro

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of construction/engineering management experience with 5 years in facilities.
• 10 years in infrastructure planning, capacity strategy, or technical program management for data centers or cloud tech.
• 10 years of cross-functional program management experience.
• 5 years in data center infrastructure program planning.

Responsibilities

• Deliver an integrated project delivery strategy and align milestones and critical paths.
• Lead design, construction, and capital project support for data center delivery operations.
• Manage procurement, off-site fabrication, commissioning, and turnover processes.
• Collaborate with vendors and stakeholders to identify risks and opportunities.
• Mentor engineers and PMs to enable scalable delivery across the metro.

Skills

Construction management

Infrastructure planning

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data center operations

Risk management

Budget & scheduling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil/Electrical/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering or related field

Tools

Procurement management

Vendor coordination

Job description

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: In-office locations: Kansas City, MO, USA. Remote location(s): Kansas, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering, Architecture, Construction management, a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in construction management, engineering management (e.g., electrical, mechanical, civil, geotechnical, or controls), or real estate development environment, with 5 years focused on facilities (e.g., data centers, chip fab, pharma, power plants, or industrial).
• 10 years of experience in infrastructure planning, capacity strategy, supply chain management, or technical program management within the data center, cloud computing, or related technology industries.
• 10 years of experience in managing cross-functional programs.
• 5 years of experience in program management or planning for data center infrastructure.

Preferred qualifications

• 10 years of experience in construction program and project delivery of facilities over the full project life-cycle.
• Experience in data center operations, monitoring systems, mechanical infrastructure systems, mechanical maintenance, and HVAC.
• Experience with data center equipment/environments, including switchgear, generators, chillers, cooling towers, air handling units, controls, security monitoring systems, and fire safety systems.
• Experience with commercial negotiations, contractor procurement and mobilization into delivery.
• Experience managing fast-paced capital projects.
• Knowledge of electrical and mechanical infrastructure systems within large-scale facilities.

About The Job

Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers. Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage various Engineering-specific programs and teams. In this role, you will lead greenfield new builds, mission‑critical MEP fit‑outs, and capital projects from ground readiness through operational handover. Joining the Data Center Services (DCS) team, you will help build the physical foundation powering Google’s next era of AI and cloud infrastructure. You will partner across internal and external stakeholders to solve challenges with radical transparency, advocating uncompromising safety and quality standards, schedule and resource efficiency, and local community stewardship. We offer an enthusiastic and collaborative culture where bold ideas thrive and care for people comes first. We are seeking an experienced infrastructure leader with a proven record in large‑scale data centers or industrial delivery, strong fiscal discipline, and a passion for teamwork. Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible. Individual pay is determined by factors including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $240000 - $333000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Guide the development of a clear integrated project delivery strategy, effectively communicating it to internal teams and extended stakeholders while driving alignment around key milestones, interdependencies, workflows, and critical path management for capital projects.
• Lead and co‑ordinate the design, construction, and capital project support for delivery operations, provide strategic and tactical leadership over data center construction projects.
• Develop and manage key elements of procurement, off site fabrication, commissioning, operational turnover, workforce shift operations, earned value management, and productivity management.
• Collaborate with external stakeholders, including leadership from key vendors to foster strong relationships, and serve as a key partner to proactively identify potential risks and opportunities ensuring alignment on project objectives.
• Collaborate with and mentor teams of Engineers and Project Managers in delivering at scale throughout the Metro.

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. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .