Product area

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.

Job description

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.

Additional job description

The Public Affairs team focuses on telling our story to decision-makers, opinion formers, and data center communities. We are focused on creating inclusive, strategic, and scalable solutions that have authentic and universal impact.

As the Public Affairs Manager for APAC, you will advise on how to shape our data center initiatives in a way that is aligned to state and local government priorities. You will lead the maximization of partner opportunities to partner with state and local institutions and tell the story of our data center commitment.

Qualifications

Job responsibilities

• Provide public policy through leadership, assist in building our workforce development pipeline, and build relationships within Google and externally by networking.
• Manage our economic, sustainability, and social contributions to create connections between technology and modern life.
• Provide region specific business advisory support for economic development agreements, including commercial review of terms, tax implications and infrastructure funding.
• Assist with various economic development and market advocacy team projects including data analytics and data hygiene.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners including, but not limited to, tax, finance, legal, policy, and communications on a variety of economic development matters.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience working with public policy teams and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience with economic development issues such as direct or indirect taxes, tax policy, or infrastructure development.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in indirect taxes, economic development policy, infrastructure development, agreement drafting, and presentation development. Experience with data center real estate markets.
• Experience developing and executing strategies to deliver exceptional solutions.
• Excellent attention to detail and political/communication skills.
• Ability to identify opportunities and areas for improvement, and operate in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to think outside the box and propose commercially and technically creative solutions.
• Ability to comfortably work in ambiguous, collaborative, and fast-paced environments.