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# Commercial Program Manager, Data Center Non-Firm Grid Capacity

- **Company:** Google LLC
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $163,000.0 - $236,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Centers, Location Search Optimization, Reliability Engineering
- **Published:** September 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/74F77895E6A04C939E26FA148390C472/job/

## About the Role

Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

Share Commercial Program Manager, Data Center Non-Firm Grid Capacity, * Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

 * 5 years of experience in program management.
 * 5 years of experience negotiating and structuring agreements or leading business development.
 * Experience with energy transaction structuring, US power markets (wholesale and retail), utility tariffs, demand-side technologies, or power infrastructure project management., * 8 years of experience in demand-side energy resource project development, utility procurement, or finance/consulting roles with similar responsibilities.
 * Experience with power generation resources, power transmission and distribution, data center technology, electrical and cooling systems, or related technical areas.
 * Experience with resource adequacy and transmission reliability modeling tools and concepts.
 * Experience managing utility agreements, addressing energy-related issues, applying financial modeling and interfacing with technical engineering teams.

## Description

* Support utility contractual negotiations for non-firm grid capacity and align Google business, technical, and operational requirements.
 * Drive high-fidelity first party and third party non-firm grid capacity availability modeling at Point of Interests (POIs) and coordinate with data center infrastructure planning, power availability, and engineering design teams.
 * Manage overall non-firm grid capacity commercial pipeline, internal systems of record, and coordinate with demand allocation teams.
 * Develop and drive approvals for non-firm grid capacity strategy with engineering stakeholders and coordinate non-firm grid capacity market advocacy positions and priorities.
 * Ensure operational readiness by coordinating utility/ISO testing/registration requirements and internal power management systems.


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