Technical Program Manager, Water Supply and Infrastructure - Singapore

Product area

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.

Job description

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 Technical Program Manager at Google, you'll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You'll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

Additional job description

In this role, you will lead strategic water and wastewater utility infrastructure programs that build and maintain a pipeline of capacity for our data center fleet. You will be responsible for campus specific delivery of the following scope items from preliminary due-diligence through operation such as data center water supply and wastewater discharge solutions strategy, offsite water and wastewater infrastructure technical delivery strategy, advance water reuse and recycling strategy, water replenishment project sourcing, continual cost and schedule optimization against campus specific demand, utility technical relationship management for data center team, water and wastewater permitting coordination, advanced utility project execution including feasibility, design, and construction, internal metro and campus level coordination and management of Owner's Program Manager (OPM) vendor scope.

Qualifications

Job responsibilities

• Support data center campus development in collaboration with APAC Regional Delivery teams as the technical lead during commercial negotiations of data center water and wastewater utility supply.
• Provide agreement quality-control services and own domain specific elements within water and wastewater utility infrastructure related commercial agreements. Lead value engineering, feasibility studies and risk evaluations of water and wastewater utility infrastructure projects.
• Serve as a water and wastewater utility infrastructure lead for Google data centers development during the due-diligence and design stages of project development. Refine and update due-diligence scope standards and serve as the subject matter expert during execution of detailed due-diligence studies.
• Lead technical direction and strategy of utility projects during design and oversee commercial and technical direction of advanced utility projects during construction. Define and explore opportunities for water reuse and water sustainability technologies.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Civil Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Licensed/Chartered Professional Engineer (or equivalent).
• 5 years of experience in program or technical project management.
• Experience managing relationships and leading mission critical utility infrastructure projects.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with infrastructure risk management.
• Understanding of business environments in the Middle East or Asia Pacific (APAC) regions.
• Understanding of the intersection of utility procurement and related infrastructure capacity solutions.
• Ability to develop on their own data-driven technical insights and translate into executable commercial solutions for the business at large.
• Proven track-record in a cross-functional role at the interface of engineering and commercial teams.