Strategic Negotiator - Data Center and Infrastructure Development

Data Center Strategic Negotiator, Market Development

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience with leading negotiations or business development.
• Experience in working with cross-functional stakeholders and external partners, including government agencies.
• Experience with economic development issues such as direct or indirect taxes, tax policy, or infrastructure development.
• Experience with the local data center and digital infrastructure marketplace.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in data center location strategy or industrial strategy in India.
• Experience with power transmission and distribution, telecommunications infrastructure, data center technology, industrial electrical and cooling technology, or a related technical area.
• Experience in collocation agreements, site selection for industrial projects, real estate evaluation, acquisition, development, construction, utility agreements management, energy tests, implementing clean energy initiatives, or financial modeling.
• Experience with real estate markets within APAC and establishing infrastructure in APAC markets.
• Experience in APAC economic development policy in infrastructure transactions.

About the job

Google's infrastructure needs go far beyond server computers. As Google's products and services scale the globe, the Strategic Negotiation team works behind the scenes to secure infrastructure for Google's future -- everything from underwater cables to physical data center space. As a Strategic Negotiator, you combine your deep market knowledge of a given sector with tech industry savvy to negotiate cost-effective solutions to support Google's infrastructure growth. You'll work with specific project teams on negotiating deals, managing vendor and partner relationships and presenting deal recommendations to our Tech leadership. Your successful negotiations have the potential to save Google millions of dollars in operating costs and impact every part of the business.

In this role, you will be expanding mission-critical infrastructure by securing agreements with government agencies and executive-level partners. You will focus on navigating regulatory landscapes and tax policies to build economic development frameworks across India. You will unify cross-functional efforts by integrating legal, finance, and policy requirements to influence third-party strategies. You will ensure the delivery of infrastructure programs while managing partnerships that shape the regional road map.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Responsibilities

• Manage confidential projects with awareness of value and timing, and contribute to development of overall project plans.
• Serve as a commercial liaison between vendors and internal stakeholders. Develop and work on regional or market segment strategy for the infrastructure development programs. Influence third-party strategy at the executive level.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners including, but not limited to, tax, finance, legal, policy, and communications on a variety of economic development matters.
• Provide region specific business advisory support for economic development agreements, including review of terms, tax implications and infrastructure funding.

Experience Level

Senior Level