Land Development Manager III, Data Centers
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content.
We need to parse the posting.
First, remove boilerplate: The first paragraph about San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, application window, etc. Also Washington state law benefits note, etc. Also EEO, accommodation, etc. Also "Learn more about benefits at Google ." maybe not needed. Also "Individual pay is determined by factors..." is pay info.
We need to preserve substantive info: Benefits list, Pay range, Responsibilities list, Minimum qualifications, Preferred qualifications, maybe Skills? There's no explicit Skills section but we could treat qualifications as Requirements? The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to map content.
We have "About The Job" paragraph(s). That's about the role. So we can put under About the role
with paragraphs.
Responsibilities: there is a list after "Responsibilities Learn more about benefits at Google ." Actually the line: "Responsibilities Learn more about benefits at Google ." then bullet list items. So we need to extract responsibilities list.
Requirements: maybe Minimum qualifications? Could be Requirements. Qualifications: maybe Preferred qualifications? Or we could combine. The instruction says we can have both Requirements and Qualifications sections if content exists. We have Minimum qualifications and Preferred qualifications. Could treat Minimum as Requirements, Preferred as Qualifications. Or we could put both under Requirements? Better to follow headings: Requirements (minimum) and Qualifications (preferred). Skills: maybe not explicit; we could omit if no specific skills list. Benefits: we have benefits list. Pay: we have pay range. Schedule: not mentioned; we should not create Schedule section unless present. So omit.
We need to preserve all substantive info: include details like benefits: Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance; Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match; Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment; Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance; Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks; Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks; Holidays: 13 paid days per year.
Also note about location options? That's maybe not a section; could be part of About the role? Might be considered metadata; but we could include as a short paragraph under About the role? The instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Location options could be considered minor metadata; but it's substantive? It's about possible work locations. Might be worth including as a paragraph under About the role. However, the instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep location options. Where to put? Could be a paragraph under About the role after the description. Also note about "Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $150000 - $217000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits". That's pay. Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. Let's structure:
About the role
... paragraphs ...
Maybe we need multiple paragraphs; we can combine into onewith line breaks? Better to separate into multiple
for readability. We'll extract the About the job text: Starting from "About The Job Google's infrastructure needs go far beyond server computers...." through to the end before "Responsibilities". Let's copy that text. We need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like "Learn more about benefits at Google ." That's after Responsibilities heading; we should exclude that line. Now Responsibilities: list items: - Negotiate utility infrastructure and extension agreements (water, wastewater, gas, power, roads) with providers and AHJs. - Ensure third-party and company-delivered extensions are timely, cost-effective, and secured with firm capacity and protective terms. - Support civil, utility, and building construction programs by ensuring campuses are development ready and aligned with schedules. - Coordinate zoning, entitlements, easement actions, environmental mitigations, permitting (air, discharge), and grid or traffic impact studies. - Serve as the lead liaison with local and national utility providers for supply strategy. - Facilitate critical negotiations between internal technical teams and external partners to secure the utility capacity needed for planned data center developments. - Manage all development activities to consistently meet or exceed required infrastructure delivery schedules as determined and communicated by internal capacity planning teams. We'll put each as
- .
Now Requirements (minimum qualifications):
- Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Real Estate, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience leading negotiations on land entitlements and infrastructure agreements on projects using a combination of internal and external resources.
Now Qualifications (preferred qualifications):
- Master's degree in Urban Planning, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Real Estate, or a related field.
- Experience managing greenfield land development, site selection, and real estate transactions for large-scale data centers or mission-critical facilities.
- Experience in agreement drafting, redlining, and delivering presentations.
- Expertise in project economics, risk management, financial modeling, budgeting, indirect taxes, and economic development policy.
- Track record of collaborating with utility providers and local governments to secure power allocations, with an understanding of power transmission and data center technology.
Now Benefits: list as above.
Now Pay: we can put a
- Negotiate utility infrastructure and extension agreements (water, wastewater, gas, power, roads) with providers and AHJs.
- Ensure third-party and company-delivered extensions are timely, cost-effective, and secured with firm capacity and protective terms.
- Support civil, utility, and building construction programs by ensuring campuses are development ready and aligned with schedules.
- Coordinate zoning, entitlements, easement actions, environmental mitigations, permitting (air, discharge), and grid or traffic impact studies.
- Serve as the lead liaison with local and national utility providers for supply strategy.
- Facilitate critical negotiations between internal technical teams and external partners to secure the utility capacity needed for planned data center developments.
- Manage all development activities to consistently meet or exceed required infrastructure delivery schedules as determined and communicated by internal capacity planning teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Real Estate, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience leading negotiations on land entitlements and infrastructure agreements on projects using a combination of internal and external resources.
- Master's degree in Urban Planning, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Real Estate, or a related field.
- Experience managing greenfield land development, site selection, and real estate transactions for large-scale data centers or mission-critical facilities.
- Experience in agreement drafting, redlining, and delivering presentations.
- Expertise in project economics, risk management, financial modeling, budgeting, indirect taxes, and economic development policy.
- Track record of collaborating with utility providers and local governments to secure power allocations, with an understanding of power transmission and data center technology.
- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-
with the pay info. Now we need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Now we need to exclude duplicated lines, boilerplate: The first paragraph about San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance etc. Also Washington state law note about benefits (but we already have benefits). Actually the Washington state law note says: "In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees." That's just a preamble; we can drop it as it's not substantive beyond benefits list. The benefits list follows; we keep that. Also the note about "By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: ..." That's location options; we keep as paragraph. Also the note about "Individual pay is determined by factors..." we keep. Now we need to ensure we don't include the EEO etc. Now produce HTML. Let's craft:
About the role
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 agreements, managing vendor and partner relationships and presenting agreement 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. Within Infrastructure Construction and Asset Management (ICAM), the Data Center Land Development team stewards Google’s owned Data Centers and supporting infrastructure post-acquisition. We bridge the gap between raw land and construction, ensuring on-time capacity delivery by mitigating risk, securing complex land entitlements, and negotiating utility agreements to build a scalable real estate foundation. As a Land Development and Portfolio Manager, you will partner with cross-functional teams to lead pre-construction development on owned sites. You will take ownership of land-use entitlements, finalize provider agreements, and coordinate off-site infrastructure to ensure sites operate on schedule, within budget, and at full capacity. Serving as the primary site lead from post-acquisition through asset end-of-life, you will cultivate vital relationships with local jurisdictions, utility partners, and engineering teams to drive long-term operational success. The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide. We're the driving team behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Addison, TX, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Reston, VA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Thornton, CO, USA; Austin, TX, USA.