
Program Manager, Energy External Affairs
San Francisco, CAJob$159–230K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
Google seeks a Program Manager, Energy External Affairs, to advance its energy strategy and external engagement across priority markets. The role works with cross-functional teams and external partners to address regional energy priorities, shape public narratives, and deliver stakeholder programs and industry activations. Candidates need program management experience, energy-industry knowledge, and experience with external affairs, messaging, and event strategy.
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Minimum qualifications:
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Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
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5 years of experience in program or project management.
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Experience in program management and strategy development within an organization.
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Experience working in the energy industry, navigating external affairs, messaging strategy, and event strategy.
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Experience managing cross-functional projects from concept to completion.
Preferred qualifications:
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5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
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Deep familiarity with and practical experience working energy issues, including regional policy, markets, and technology.
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proven ability to translate complex energy topics for non-technical audiences and executive leadership.
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Demonstrated executive presence with the ability to build strong relationships and lead successful programs across large, matrixed organizations.
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Excellent creative problem-solving skills with the ability to confidently execute and grow in environments characterized by ambiguity and uncertainty.
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 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 force 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.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $159000 - $230000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .
Responsibilities
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Influence the external energy ecosystem to enable Google to secure energy capacity and deliver sustainable growth.
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Regionalize Google's global energy external affairs strategy in priority markets to address critical regional energy priorities.
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Shape and advance the company's external narratives on key issues, including energy affordability, grid reliability, and carbon-free energy.
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Develop robust stakeholder engagement strategies, raise awareness of Google's approach and drive major external activations such as industry announcements.
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Act as a collaborative leader, working with a broad set of cross-functional teams and external partners to bring complex projects from concept to completion.
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How this job compares
Set against the 11,602 open Program Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$159–230K/yr
- California median$146–220K/yr1,165 salary ranges
- US median$118–202K/yr9,124 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $195K, is 5% above the California median midpoint ($185K) — in the middle half of Program Manager salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,477 open Program Manager jobs in California and 11,602 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Program Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (9,771 postings).
- Education
- 4,874 of the 11,602 open Program Manager jobs (42%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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