Global Contracts Negotiator, Google Cable Landing Stations

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management or related legal field.
• 6 years of experience with finance and agreement negotiations in legal, technical or engineering field.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in a finance, legal, technical or engineering field.
• Experience with construction management and contract management programs for data centers.
• Experience working with contractors and general contractors in an infrastructure environment.
• Ability to think outside the box and propose commercially and technically creative solutions.
• Excellent leadership and influencing skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation and communication skills, translating to relationships with stakeholders and suppliers.

About the job

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.

As a Global Contracts Negotiator, you will be responsible for oversight and assistance of the contractual needs for all aspects of building Google's Cable Landing Stations (gCLS) globally. You will take a leadership role in working with peers, managers, internal stakeholders, and executives of Google and general contractor partners. You will prioritize are ensure that our delivery teams contractual needs are fulfilled, negotiation of contracts to protect Google's rights while ensuring consistency in contracting and contract performance, oversight of contract administration across all projects, and interfacing with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders. You will have knowledge of construction agreements, including design-build, design-assist, design-bid-build, and others, as well as demonstrated commercial acumen to understand how construction agreements assist and structure.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

• Develop Global pre qualification criteria and process in conjunction with Google Procurement Organization guidelines.
• Develop and execute agreement strategies through collaboration with Google delivery and procurement teams.
• Lead negotiation and execution of Google Marketing Platforms (GMPs) and construction agreements for a variety of stakeholder groups to ensure on time delivery of projects.
• Support key contractual requirements for delivery teams, including scope amendments, change orders, and dispute resolution.
• Develop and maintain vendor readiness across construction contractors, construction and project management services and specialist consultants.