Data Center Design Technical Program Manager

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in Technical Program Management within the Data Center or Mission Critical Systems domain.
• 5 years of experience working with engineering teams to develop design scopes of work, negotiate and procure design agreements.
• 5 years of experience with design strategy, including tracking and validating initial/preliminary Bills of Material (BOM) for Owner-furnished equipment.
• 5 years of experience coordinating a program of internal design.

Preferred qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related technical field.
• PE License, RA License, Chartered Engineer License, or equivalent technical professional license or certification.
• Experience managing data center design and due diligence activities.
• Experience with data center or equivalent equipment or environments, including switchgear, generators, chillers, cooling towers, and building controls.
• Excellent requirements gathering, resource organization, task prioritization, planning, and scheduling skills along with the ability to achieve objectives on schedule.

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

In this role, you will maintain the capacity of the Google Data Center Design team to accommodate the growing portfolio of Data Center builds across North and South America (NASA). You will be responsible for developing design intake strategies, managing the intake and kick off of data center designs, managing Professional Design Services (Architect/Engineering firm) relationships across NASA, trending quality performance, and reporting of program health to the leadership. You will be tasked with overcoming challenges while maintaining adherence to project timelines, quality, and costs, and managing a cross-functional set of stakeholders.

• Manage design planning and intake of a portfolio of data center design projects, coordinating a program of internal design intake kickoff meetings across the North and South American program.
• Author and negotiate roles and responsibilities and processes with front-end teams regarding project deliverables and risk management.
• Track and validate an initial/preliminary Bill of Material (BOM) for owner-furnished equipment and manage/track Owner product gaps through feasibility assessment of the plan of record.
• Work with engineering teams to develop design scopes of work, negotiate, and procure design agreements, ensuring adherence to project timelines, quality, and cost.