Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program or project management.
• 5 years of experience in waste related roles, zero waste program management or implementation, sustainability consulting, or related roles.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, Sustainable Business, or a related field (e.g., biology, chemistry, economics, finance).
• Certification in UL or TRUE Advisor.
• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience implementing initiatives to improve sustainable manufacturing and/or operations.
• Experience in circular economy within a data center environment.

About the job

A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. That's why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Program Manager at Google, you'll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish - working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.

Our goal is to build a Google that looks like the world around us - and we want Googlers to stay and grow when they join us. As part of our efforts to build a Google for everyone, we build diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and we aim to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout the company.

At Google, we strive to build sustainability into everything we do. From being operationally carbon neutral in 2007 to being carbon-free by 2030, we unify our practices, partnerships, and products around a single mission to foster sustainability at scale.

As a Program Manager, you will play a pivotal role in assisting the company's mission to minimize waste and increase circularity within its data centers. You will drive collaboration with cross-functional Data Center teams, identifying potential avenues for waste reduction, developing innovative and impactful initiatives, and establishing performance management to track progress towards achieving zero waste certification goals.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $139,000-$207,000 bonus equity benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Establish a robust data governance process for waste and recovery data between Data Center teams.
• Conceptualize, develop approaches, secure buy-in, and execute circularity initiatives designed to significantly impact the environmental footprint of Data Center operations including both hardware products and operational processes.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor the effectiveness and impact of circularity, reuse and waste diversion programs across Data Center operations teams, and ensuring a data-driven approach. Develop and drive continuous improvement programs.
• Stay abreast of emerging regulation, competitor and other trends that inform innovation opportunities, and best practices related to zero waste.
• Provide transparent and comprehensive progress reports to leadership and cross-functional teams that highlight impact, milestones, challenges, opportunities, mitigation plans, and upcoming objectives.