Google Data Center Engineer Jobs in Virginia (NOW HIRING)

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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 leading and scaling global, distributed technical program management or engineering teams.
• Direct experience operating within data center environments or other high-technology infrastructure environments.
• Proven expertise in managing complex engineering drawings, technical specifications, and the end-to-end operational handover documentation process.
• Deep understanding of building design, construction processes, fabrication projects, and associated workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to influence executive leadership decisions, align stakeholders, and present technical roadmaps.

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 lead and develop a high-performing, globally distributed team of program managers across North America and South America, EMEA, and APAC regions. You will be responsible for defining the goal for our technical content ecosystem, driving leadership alignment, and ensuring that complex data center designs and construction assets are seamlessly transitioned into operations.
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.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $192000 - $278000 (USD) 20% bonus target equity benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google .
Responsibilities

• Manage, mentor, and align a highly technical, distributed team of program managers across North America and South America, EMEA, and APAC to ensure consistent operational standards and tool utilization globally.
• Partner closely with executive and cross-functional leadership to influence decisions regarding digital content, operational tooling, and AI integration.
• Manage the governance, tools, and processes for critical engineering and building design documents, ensuring seamless handover documentation and high-quality drawings from construction to operations.
• Drive the roadmap for the team's engineering content systems and establish sustainable operational models for AI-driven platforms.
• Lead global change management efforts to integrate content management platforms with interfacing enterprise systems, optimizing user experience and operational reliability.

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