Google

Program Manager, Strategy and Operations, Data Center Investments and Development

Google • $159K — $230K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience in program or project management.
  • 8 years of experience in strategic operations or related fields preferred.
  • Experience with organizational rhythms such as OKRs, KPI setting, and budgeting.
  • Familiarity with commercial real estate processes including leasing and zoning.
  • Strong analytical skills for maintaining databases and business intelligence.
  • Ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

  • Eliminate organizational friction and manage ambiguity for strategic execution.
  • Craft and manage organization-wide communications and change management.
  • Develop standard operating procedures for key operational processes.
  • Partner with teams to implement AI tools to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Serve as a connector between departments to facilitate collaboration and priority translation.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Flexible working location options (Austin, TX; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA).
  • 15% bonus target.
  • Equity benefits, providing company ownership opportunity.
Full Job Description
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X Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Austin, TX, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience in program or project management.

Preferred qualifications:
  • 8 years of experience in strategic operations, program management, high-growth technology, infrastructure development, or real estate investment.
  • Experience designing and running organizational rhythms, including OKR/KPI setting, Annual Operating Plans, and Quarterly Business Reviews.
  • Working familiarity with commercial real estate agreement structures, land acquisition, colocation leasing, zoning, environmental reviews, and utility timelines.
  • Strong analytical background in maintaining auditable agreement databases (e.g., Salesforce, GIS) to empower leadership with actionable business intelligence.
  • Ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments by eliminating multi-stakeholder bottlenecks and establishing standard operating procedures.


About the job

As a key strategic partner within Data Center Investments and Development (DCID), you will work directly with leadership and strategic negotiators to deliver data center compute capacity. Operating at the critical intersection of strategy, communications, and business operations, you will assist the organization's operating cadence, including OKRs, quarterly business reviews, yearly budgeting, and executive communications. You will partner closely with leadership and organizational stakeholders to establish standard operating procedures, govern data integrity, and accelerate agreement velocity by designing frictionless approval workflows. Additionally, you will advocate operational transformation by deploying scalable AI, and represent DCID across technical, financial, and real estate teams, as you ensure seamless cross-functional alignment, elevate data-driven decision-making, foster continuous organizational learning across the data center delivery lifecycle and ensure strategic priorities are translated into scalable operational frameworks.

The Development Pipeline and Business Operation (DPBO) team supports land acquisitions and data center leasing through data integrity oversight, development of standard operating procedures, policies and best practices, and deployment of AI tools aimed at streamlining the agreement flow. Members of the team contribute at each milestone, from site selection/intake/origination, through approvals, on to asset management. As markets shift, and business needs evolve, DPBO is at the frontline, adjusting course so the greater Data Center Investments and Development (DCID) team can respond.

DPBO also serves as the connective tissue between DCID and cross-functional teams, coordinating collaboration and translating priorities. This gives DPBO a birds-eye view of the entire data center life-cycle, allowing team members to develop high-leverage expertise across acquisitions, contracting, technology and business operations.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $159000 - $230000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Act as a team multiplier by managing ambiguity, eliminating organizational friction, identifying agreement-flow bottlenecks, and ensuring strategic priorities are systematically executed.
  • Craft organization-wide communications, bridge gaps between functional silos, manage change-management initiatives, and plan learning opportunities.
  • Develop standard operating procedures and serve as the point person for organization-wide directives, including OKRs, yearly budgets, and quarterly business reviews.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to deploy scalable AI that transforms operational efficiency while building tools that promote data integrity.
  • Serve as the connective tissue between DCID and cross-functional teams by coordinating collaboration and translating priorities.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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156,500 employees
Market Cap
$1,115.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+23.3%
Revenue
$182.5 billion
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