Program Manager, Leased Asset Manager, EMEA Datacenters

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in real estate program or project management related to colocation, datacenter, or Industrial Asset/ Property Management.
• 5 years of experience in contract negotiation.
• Experience with various commercial lease structures and agreements, including with legal language, financial terms, and operational aspects of gross and triple net leases.
• Experience in project management, business process documentation, and process improvement.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in real estate, finance, or a related field.
• 10 years of experience in real estate Lease Asset Management, encompassing both landlord and tenant perspectives, with a focus on contractual structures.
• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience with database management tracking and in organizing and managing contract data.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret lease documents and resolve issues.

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.

The Leased Asset Management (LAM) program serves as the central steward for Google's portfolio of leased data center obligations under executed contracts (leases) that provide capacity to the overall Google space/power portfolio. The responsibilities include maintaining a single source of truth for lease terms, ensuring the integrity and financial health of these agreements, and preserving the rights to capacity through robust asset management, financially compliant lease administration, and provision of accurate data.

As a Leased Asset Manager - EMEA, you'll be responsible for lease contract and management across Google’s real estate portfolio of third party (leased) data center assets located in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. You'll be located in the London office with the Acquisition and Delivery Team members who acquire the leases. Close cooperation between the LAM and A&D teams is essential to ensure business continuity and preserve capacity leased contracts. Therefore, end-to-end coordination between the teams in planning, execution, and asset management regarding leased regional capacity is crucial and is required to meet business, contractual, and external requirements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee entire contract lifecycle post contract/lease execution; negotiate; and facilitate approvals and documentation for renewals, amendments, and exits. Manage contractual and payment process changes resulting from change of control, ensuring all contractual notices, due dates, and deadlines are met. Collaborate with Acquisition and Delivery Team negotiators to guarantee changes, modifications, and additions to existing contracts are accurately and timely reflected in the leased database.
• Be the POC for internal teams and providers, facilitating resolution of operational and contractual issues. Conduct provider business reviews and evaluations, ensuring performance aligns with established standards. Participate in the Service Level Agreement violation process, including negotiating remedies and penalties.
• Ensure compliance with programs and policies, Cloud Certificate compliance, sustainability requirements. Lead and execute programs, including GCVE renewal program and Region Extension reservation program. Coordinate contractual exit process for assets.