
Senior Data Center Energy Strategic Negotiator, Energy and Power
Salary
$176k–$256k/ annually
Application completed on Google
About This Role
MINIMUM 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
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Experience in indirect taxes, economic development policy, infrastructure
development, agreement drafting, and presentation development, along with
data center real estate markets.
ABOUT THE JOB:
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.
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: $176000 - $256000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google
[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].
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


