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 Strategic Negotiator, you\'ll work with internal teams to oversee vendor and partner relationships. You will develop and maintain relationships with Google\'s business units to help minimize any gap between Google\'s business ambitions and infrastructure capability. In this role, you\'ll ensure that we execute high-quality agreements with our suppliers, work closely with our planning, tax, policy, legal and treasury teams, and identify cost-effective solutions and optimal commercial frameworks for our needs. You\'ll lead projects, manage vendors, and present your recommendations to Google leadership. Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google\'s product portfolio possible. We\'re proud to be our engineers\' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.