Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 10 years of experience leading negotiations or business development.
- Experience managing programs and processes across distributed systems.
- Experience with creating and implementing external communications plans, including crisis communication management, utilizing modern communication strategies.
- Experience in organizing community engagement events with internal cross-functional teams and nonprofits.
- Experience communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Experience in building trust with local municipalities, non-profit decision makers, and community members.
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About the job
As Google's products and services grow to serve our billions of users, the Strategic Negotiation team works behind the scenes to secure infrastructure for Google's future. It's a big job that involves everything from operating underwater cables to finding data center space. In this role you combine your deep market knowledge with tech industry savvy to find solutions that support Google's growth. You'll work with specific teams to oversee vendor and partner relationships. Your successful management skills have the potential to impact every part of the business and save Google millions of dollars in operating costs. You'll ensure that we receive contract compliance on our third-party agreements, while identifying the most cost-effective solutions for our needs. You'll take lead on special projects, manage vendors and present your recommendations to Google leadership.
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
- Produce location-specific community development plans with qualitative and quantitative data collection, and turn that research data into actionable insights to understand and prioritize community needs.
- Develop tools and processes to support local community communication plans, sharing knowledge of the crucial role of data centers, as well as the impactful and meaningful projects Google supports.
- Develop locally focused social impact investment plans that are aligned to community needs and are self-sustaining.
- Lead strategic engagements with local community groups such as municipal leaders and community based non-profit organizations to adopt Google's community initiatives into their core focus.
- Collaborate with the global functional team to localize and implement our community research methodology, community communications priorities, as well as community development initiatives in each community.