Program Manager III, Advanced Clean Technologies, Google Sustainability

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience in program or project management.
• 5 or more years of experience structuring partnerships, investments, or commercial agreements in clean energy or similar sectors.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
  
• Experience with early-stage investments in energy and climate technologies or in infrastructure investing and project finance
• Experience with investments in energy and climate technologies or in infrastructure investing and project finance.
• Knowledge of advanced clean energy technologies, such as next generation geothermal, advanced nuclear, long duration energy storage, Cloud Casting Service (CCS), and grid technologies, with deep expertise in a subset.
• Knowledge of energy markets, utilities, and associated policy and regulatory environments.

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 will identify and architect commercial, investment, and other partnership opportunities for Google to accelerate the commercialization of advanced clean energy technologies, in pursuit of our 24/7 Carbon Free Energy (CFE) and Zero goals, while supporting Google’s energy needs.The Global Sustainability team enables Google to build a more sustainable future for everyone by driving strategy and solutions. We drive the development and implementation of Google’s global sustainability strategy to further empower action, ensure alignment and prioritization, identify leadership opportunities, and mitigate risks. We drive sustainability strategy and programs on carbon, circular economy, water, product integration, reporting, and employee engagement, while serving as a sustainability leadership advocate internally and externally.

• Identify, structure, and execute opportunities for partnerships, off-take, and strategic investment in advanced clean technologies that advance our sustainability goals and address data center energy needs, partnering collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Build a pipeline of opportunities by maintaining an up-to-date understanding of and relationships with technology providers and developers in select advanced technology categories.
• Support the development of Google’s strategy for advanced clean technologies based on analysis of technology maturity, market conditions, policy and regulations, and other factors impacting the scale-up and deployment of these technologies.
• Drive the development of Google’s cross-functional programs supporting advanced clean technology deployment.