Energy Initiatives Lead

About This Role

This role focuses on securing low-cost, clean, and reliable energy for Google's global data centers by understanding the U.S. energy landscape and building strategic partnerships. It involves negotiating and structuring agreements, leading business development, and managing budgets to support Google's infrastructure growth and sustainability goals.

Responsibilities

• Understand the U.S. energy landscape, energy regulatory environments, and energy advocacy ecosystems, including key industry stakeholders, critical policy issues, and emerging public sentiment across local, state, and regional jurisdictions
• Design, build, and steward strategic partnerships with Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (ENGOs), clean energy advocates, community organizations, and industry alliances to advance shared sustainability and energy goals
• Manage large-scale budgets and operational work streams, establish sound financial governance, track impact metrics, and steward formal approval processes

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• 6 years of experience negotiating and structuring agreements or leading business development

Preferred qualifications:

• Deep working knowledge of key energy stakeholders, critical policy debates, and advocacy dynamics across the U.S. landscape, with specialized insight into state legislative environments, regional markets, and the stakeholder ecosystem
• Strong background in clean energy policy and programmatic strategy, with practical familiarity with utility regulatory frameworks, infrastructure development dynamics, and community impact considerations
• Robust executive presence and relationship-building acumen, with demonstrated success establishing trusted partnerships with external advocates, ENGO leaders, industry coalitions, and cross-functional teams

Benefits

• 15% bonus target
• Equity
• 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

Important Details

• Application deadline: October 30, 2026
• Locations: Atlanta, GA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Portland, OR, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Thornton, CO, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA

About the Company

Google's Strategic Negotiation team secures infrastructure for Google's global products and services. Google Cloud delivers enterprise-grade solutions leveraging Google’s cutting-edge technology to help organizations digitally transform their business and industry.