Strategic Capacity Planning Lead, Third Party Data Centers

Strategic Capacity Planning Lead, Third Party Data Centers

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Google's hybrid workplace includes remote and in-office roles. By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:

In-office locations: Sunnyvale, CA, USA;
Austin, TX, USA;
New York, NY, USA;
Reston, VA, USA;
Papillion, NE, USA;
Moncks Corner, SC 29461, USA;
San Francisco, CA, USA.

Remote location(s): California, USA;
New York, USA.

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in program management.
• 8 years of experience in infrastructure planning, capacity strategy, supply chain management, or technical program management within the data center, cloud computing, or related technology industries.
• 8 years of experience in data center mechanical/electrical and the technical constraints/fungibility limitations posed by specialized hardware (e.g., GPU/TPU machine generations).
• 8 years of experience with mission critical, real estate development cycles, or capital expenditure (Cap Ex) planning.
• 7 years of experience in leadership roles with/without direct reports.

• MBA or Master’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
• 8 years of experience with data analysis, modeling, and visualization tools to drive actionable insights from large, complex datasets to align capital deployment with strategic business objectives.
• Experience leading cross-functional planning processes and running high-stakes executive-level reviews (e.g., monthly/quarterly capacity commitment reviews).
• Track record of building and managing quantitative problem-solving models for high-variability supply/demand forecasting and resource allocation.
• Ability to develop scenario planning and contingency models for infrastructure deployment, optimizing for scale, cost, constraints, and risk.

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.

As a Strategic Planning Lead, you will be developing and running the capacity planning function for Google's third-party data center delivery. You will be scaling Google's AI and Cloud compute capacity to meet projected demands, which is crucial given the limitations of conventional delivery models. You will act as the single source of truth for ISD E2 capacity commitments, ensuring seamless integration and alignment across key verticals including demand planning, site acquisition, engineering, finance, and procurement to accelerate delivery, mitigate supply chain risk, and strategically leverage external market dynamics.

This function is vital for managing the complex, non-traditional agreement structures and evolving technical requirements (GPU/TPU) inherent in securing third-party capacity.

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