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Data Center Contract Manager

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Compensation
$188–274K/yr
Location
WA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Data Center Contract Manager optimizes total cost of ownership for Google’s global data center infrastructure. The role manages agreement models and contracting strategies, partnering with construction, design, legal, and external teams to negotiate and execute commercial agreements. It also provides commercial expertise during construction, including implementation of terms, change management, and evaluation of delay entitlements.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Supply Chain ManagementConstruction ManagementOther EngineeringLegal WritingNegotiationContract ManagementAgreement ManagementLegal DocumentationConstruction ContractingPricing Measurement MethodsInternational ConstructionConstruction LawCommercial Strategy

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Listed Field or Equivalent8+ Years Agreement Management Experience5+ Years Data Center Construction or Related Industry ExperienceIn-House Legal Counsel Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

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info_outline XApplicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

  • 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

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Seattle, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Construction Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or similar field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in agreement management, legal documentation, negotiation and agreement negotiation.
  • 5 years of experience in data center construction, hyperscaler, or mission critical industry.
  • Experience with construction contracting and pricing methods of measurement on industrial projects.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience as an in house legal counsel in a large domestic and international construction organization.
  • Understanding of international construction, law, and commercial strategy implications.

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. Google Data Centers (GDC) make up one of the largest and most effective computing infrastructures on the planet. The Contracts Management team collaborates cross-functionally with Construction, Design, Engineering, Supply Chain, Internal and External Legal Counsel, Finance, and Capacity Planning teams to ensure Google develops and executes comprehensive commercial agreements to scale a rapidly growing program. As the Data Center Contract Manager, you will optimize our total cost of ownership for our global and growing infrastructure.

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. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $188000 - $274000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google. Responsibilities

  • Be responsible for timely execution of a portfolio of agreement models for Google’s growing Global Data Center program.
  • Influence the development and selection of contracting models based on project-specific nuances, including strategic goals, risk profiles, design completion, and partner strategy.
  • Partner with construction, design, and external partners to drive the agreement review, negotiation, and execution life-cycle.
  • Interface with the internal Real Estate Legal team to ensure all contractual terms align with corporate risk expectations and standards.
  • Provide continuous commercial expertise during construction, overseeing terms implementation, change management, and delay entitlement evaluation.

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How this job compares

Set against the 422 open Contract Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$188–274K/yr
  • US median$93–155K/yr256 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $231K, is 78% above the US median midpoint ($130K) — in the top quarter of Contract Manager salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 10 open Contract Manager jobs in Washington and 422 across the US. 11% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Contract Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (370 postings).
Education
192 of the 422 open Contract Manager jobs (45%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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