Strategy and Operations Manager, Data Center Operations

2 Months ago • 8-13 Years • Product Management

Job Summary

Job Description

The Strategy and Operations Manager, Data Center Operations role at Google requires a Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience, 8 years of program management experience, and 5 years in a leadership role. Responsibilities include implementing communication standards across programs, establishing a reliable cadence for program reviews, leading a governance structure for executive decision-making, identifying change management opportunities, and defining/managing a program portfolio. The role involves partnering with facility managers, engineers, and design/construction teams to develop and run scalable solutions in electrical, mechanical, and controls domains for existing and new data center locations in Eemshaven, Netherlands. This position requires strong technical expertise and leadership skills to advise, provide strategic direction, and project management oversight for the Site Mechanical and Electrical Operations team.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree in technical field or equivalent
  • 8 years program management experience
  • 5 years leadership experience
  • Cross-functional project management
  • Data center/mission-critical environment experience
  • Excellent communication & leadership skills
Good to have:
  • Experience managing cross-functional/team projects in a data center environment

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in program management.
  • 5 years of experience in leadership role with/without direct reports.

Preferred qualifications:

  • 8 years of experience managing cross-functional/team projects.
  • Experience working in a data center, hospital, power plant, or similar mission critical environment.

About the job

Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.

Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage various Engineering-specific programs and teams.

In this role, you will serve as an advisor, provide strategic direction, and project management oversight for the Site Mechanical and Electrical Operations team. You will partner with our local facility managers, plant engineers, global program managers, as well as our design and construction teams to develop and reliably run creative and scalable solutions in the electrical, mechanical and controls domains, supporting existing and new green field locations.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

  • Implement communication standards across a portfolio of programs including executive and key partner communications.
  • Establish a reliable and visible cadence for program reviews, decision-making, prioritization, and resource stewardship (e.g., effective deployment of machine and people resources).
  • Lead a governance structure that drives effective executive decision-making. Ensure governance structure effectively exposes and mitigates dependencies.
  • Identify change management opportunities that increase program velocity and which affect multiple teams. Apply governance over change management to ensure it is used effectively.
  • Define/manage a program portfolio solving problems that lead the high business impact for the organization and product area.

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