{"id":2166351,"url":"https://alion.io/job/google-public-affairs-subject-matter-expert-data-center-operations","title":"Public Affairs Subject Matter Expert, Data Center Operations","company":{"id":82,"name":"Google","domain":"google.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/google","size_band":"11-50","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Career site","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":81,"open_postings":157,"ghost_share":0.045,"stale_share":0.611,"repost_share":0.045,"time_to_fill_p50_days":30,"computed_at":"2026-10-28T05:59:10Z"}},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Reston, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":98000,"max_usd":194000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":3801},"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"GCP","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-09T09:40:44Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-09","last_verified_at":"2026-10-27T13:02:28Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":18,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":18},"description":"About the job\nGoogle'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.\nThe Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical and HVAC systems in the world. We are a creative, team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers.\nAs a Data Center Strategic Negotiator, you will combine your deep real estate development knowledge with tech industry savvy to ensure we have a healthy portfolio of sites ready for development to support Google's growth. You'll work with specific project teams on site development, delivering off-site utility infrastructure, managing relationships with local officials, utilities, and AHJ’s (Authority Having Jurisdiction), and presenting portfolio recommendations to our Tech 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.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.\nUS: $176000 - $256000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits\nLearn more about benefits at Google.\nResponsibilities\nDeploy on short notice to contested municipal hearings, planning commissions, and community town halls to counter misinformation, field technical cross-examinations, and address local concerns directly.\nDeliver formal and sworn expert witness testimony before local regulatory dockets, zoning boards, administrative bodies, and legislative committees.\nAuthor standardized operational playbooks, technical FAQs, and rapid-response one-pagers for regional public affairs teams to deploy locally.\nLead \"Data Center 101\" education to translate physical systems-such as thermal cooling architectures, acoustic dampening, backup generation, and physical security-into accessible, fact-based narratives.\nPartner directly with site selection, planning, data center operations, and other internal teams to drive data center market efforts seamlessly from concept to completion.\nQualifications\nMinimum qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, public policy, or equivalent practical data center operations experience.\n10 years of experience working with technical infrastructure projects, including hyperscale data center operations, facility design, or site development.\nExperience in stakeholder management, strategy development, and cross-functional collaboration.\nExperience in public speaking and communicating data center operations to varied audiences.\nAbility to travel up to 50% of the time, often on short notice for municipal hearings and community forums.\nPreferred qualifications:\nExperience testifying, presenting, or serving as a subject matter expert before public officials, planning commissions, regulatory agencies, or community groups.\nExperience partnering with public policy, legal, communications, and cross-functional engineering teams.\nExperience in developing community strategy and creating campaigns for public affairs.\nDemonstrated experience with process improvement within data center management.\nProven ability to bridge technical reality with public perception, translating complex physical engineering systems into clear, credible narratives for neighbors and local officials.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4287,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Operating Systems","Streaming & OTT Platforms","Foundation Models","Consumer Internet Groups"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-09T10:09:10Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":51,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.566,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":18,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:16","stale_co","velocity","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-28T05:59:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/google-public-affairs-subject-matter-expert-data-center-operations","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/google-public-affairs-subject-matter-expert-data-center-operations.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-28T06:38:37Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":8919,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-29T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":82},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=82"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fgoogle-public-affairs-subject-matter-expert-data-center-operations"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fgoogle-public-affairs-subject-matter-expert-data-center-operations"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fgoogle-public-affairs-subject-matter-expert-data-center-operations"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/google-public-affairs-subject-matter-expert-data-center-operations\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fgoogle-public-affairs-subject-matter-expert-data-center-operations"}]}