Business Program Manager, Data Centers
Job Summary
Job Description
As a Third Party Data Center Site Business Program Manager at Google, you'll oversee maintenance agreements of Data Center systems. You will lead cost control, contractor management, and procurement projects, collaborating with stakeholders like the Environment, Health, and Safety department. You'll support local Data Center Technicians, serve as a local escalation point for finance matters, and support site management in maintaining key metrics and conducting analyses. Responsibilities include managing project goals and deliverables, collaborating with stakeholders, conducting risk assessments and developing mitigation plans, facilitating supplier onboarding, leading annual budget development, and providing budget reports with variance analysis. Experience in budget creation, procurement and management, and excellent financial analysis skills are essential, as well as strong communication skills for collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
Must have:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 2+ years program/project management experience
- ERP software experience
- AP/AR and vendor management experience
- Local tax and administration knowledge
- Budgeting, forecasting, purchase order management
Good to have:
- Vendor relationship and agreement negotiation experience
- Knowledge of local authority requirements
- Experience with SAP, Sage, Oracle, or equivalent
- Cross-functional collaboration skills
Job Details
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience in program or project management.
- Experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.
- Experience in both accounts payable and accounts receivable within accounting and experience in Vendor Management.
- Experience with local tax and administration.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in vendor relationships and agreement negotiation.
- Knowledge of local authority requirements to ensure the delivery of services and products.
- Ability to build relationships and deliver results in a cross-functional environment.
- Ability to support budgeting, forecasting, and manage purchase orders.
- Experience in SAP, Sage, Oracle suite, or equivalent is also acceptable.
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.As a Third Party Data Center Site Business Program Manager, you will play an important role in overseeing the maintenance agreements of Data Center related systems. As a key stakeholder, you will lead cost control, contractor management, and procurement projects, collaborating with other stakeholders like the Environment, Health, and Safety department.
In addition, you will support local Data Centre Technicians by ensuring they are sufficiently informed regarding relevant processes You will serve as a local escalation point for Finance-related matters. Your role extends to supporting site management and other Business Program Managers (BPMs) in maintaining key metrics, providing data, and conducting analyses to facilitate informed decision-making.
You will have experience in budget creation, procurement and management, with excellent financial analysis skills, and the ability to oversee the execution of projects. Excellent communication skills, enabling collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.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 an overview of project goals and deliverables presented on a timeline and use the roadmap to manage stakeholder expectations, and to communicate plans and coordinate resources.
- Collaborate with team members or stakeholders to understand or identify work problems and program goals, obtain prioritized deliverables, and discuss program impact.
- Conduct complete risk identification, risk assessment activities (e.g., budget, schedule, resource, technical), and develop mitigation plans, while monitoring risks and recording their evolution and impact on project/program objectives.
- Facilitate the onboarding process for new suppliers, ensuring they receive assistance in the local language, guidance on legal compliance, and acting as a local point of contact for audits.
- Lead annual budget development aligning with the objectives. Provide estimates for operational and capital budgets, regularly review and communicate budget reports with variance analysis, insights.
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