Technical Program Manager, Environmental Technical Infrastructure Strategy, Planning and Development

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 projects of various size and scope, identifying future opportunities, improving processes and driving the technical directions of your programs.

At the Compliance, Strategy, and Risk Management (CSRM) team, we don't just manage risk; we accelerate and unlock world-leading infrastructure at maximum scale.

As Google Cloud rapidly expands, the CSRM EHS Strategy, Programs, and Partnerships (SPP) team serves as the strategic engine for the Data Center EHS organization. We act as the bridge between complex global compliance and real-world business value translating safety, health, and environmental performance into concrete drivers of data center capacity delivery.

This is done through the execution of our strategic end to end integrated service delivery model ensuring every touchpoint of the data center lifecycle is evaluated for EHS risks and appropriately de-risked by a team of cross-functional technical experts and teams.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Architect and manage the global Environmental Health and Safety Technical Infrastructure Planning and Development Strategy, standardizing due diligence, managing trade-offs, and driving mitigation plans from pre-acquisition through operations.
• Act as the central technical EHS authority for cross-functional and municipal stakeholders, aligning teams like site acquisition, design, and sustainability, while demystifying complex designs for external partners.
• Direct EHS reviews for land use, zoning, and urban planning, including conditional use permits and urban heat island mitigation, leading technical input for environmental impact statements (e.g., NEPA/CEQA).
• Lead water quality stewardship and hydrology strategies, evaluating watershed vulnerability and partnering with infrastructure teams on Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE) for cooling systems.
• Define and govern mitigations for acoustics, vibration, and air quality, managing acoustic specifications for high-density layouts and overseeing air quality permitting for backup power assets.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, Environmental Science, a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience driving infrastructure EHS programs, leading cross-functional teams and executive briefings in tech, industrial energy, or utility construction.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• PE (Professional Engineer), INCE (Institute of Noise Control Engineering certification), AICP (American Institute of Certified Planners), or CSP/CIH.
• Direct experience with hyper-scale data center campus design (100MW+ campuses) or equivalent scale capital developments.
• Deep familiarity with environmental compliance frameworks, industrial acoustics, watershed management, and zoning/entitlement processes.
• Proven track record leading land-use approvals, CEQA/NEPA processes, state/federal environmental permit acquisitions, and environmental impact assessments.
• Demonstrable success presenting technical data at a variety of different forums (community to regulatory).