Program Manager, Data Center Construction

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience in program or project management.
• 5 years of experience with technical teams responsible for project management, engineering, and construction of data center or mission critical facilities.
  
• 5 years of experience with electrical, mechanical, controls, security monitoring, fire safety, networking/fiber, server equipment, systems, and infrastructure.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of experience with data center equipment/environments, including electrical switchgear, generators, chillers, cooling towers, air handling units, controls, security monitoring systems and fire safety systems, with an understanding of start up/commissioning processes.
  
• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
  
• Experience managing vendor relationships.
  
• Experience in requirements gathering, resource organization, task prioritization, scheduling and achieving objectives within set goals.
  
• Knowledge of large-scale facility electrical, mechanical systems and safety management best practices.
  
• Understanding of the design and construction industry, including fast track design build processes, associated documents and contracts.
  

About the job

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 Program Manager at Google, you’ll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish — working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.

Our goal is to build a Google that looks like the world around us — and we want Googlers to stay and grow when they join us. As part of our efforts to build a Google for everyone, we build diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and we aim to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout the company.

In this role, you have experience with data center design, development, construction and commissioning projects. You will provide management of large-scale data centers, computer farms, networking, Alternating Current (AC) and Direct Current (DC) power distribution/conversion, and cooling methods at multiple scales. You will be coordinating with multiple partner teams, while managing changes and maintaining a focus on keeping the project on schedule and budget.

You will have experience managing large scale technical projects in a rapidly changing industry, ability to thrive in ambiguity and demonstrated problem-solving leadership with limited oversight.

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.

Responsibilities

• Manage data center projects from inception through to completion.
  
• Support special research and development experiments, renovations, and upgrades of existing facility.
  
• Be responsible for gathering internal requirements and delivering solutions that satisfy customer needs.
  
• Maintain responsibility from construction to deployment.
  
• Resolve critical issues within the organization while maintaining adherence to project timelines and costs.