Global Commodity Manager, Networking

Commodity Managers work with Engineering teams to make sure Google has the supplies and equipment to put into production the innovative products coming from our Engineering teams. As a Commodity Manager, you use your wide industry knowledge and strategic supplier relationships to optimize our total cost of ownership for our global -- and growing -- infrastructure. The scale at which Google operates means that savings on just one piece of hardware can have a huge impact on Google's bottom line.

As a Networking Infrastructure Consultant, you lead the strategic and commercial lifecycle of our next-generation physical network architecture. Operating as an intellectual peer to Google’s internal network design teams, this technical strategist bridges the gap between hardware engineering and external tier-1 silicon and hardware partners. This role acts as the primary commercial and roadmap owner for the foundational networking silicon architectures that powers our AI, moving past traditional back-office purchasing and transactional contract management.

In this position, you will directly influence long-term technical direction and partnership cultivation across internal data center fabrics, Data Center Interconnect (DCI), WAN backbone expansion, and multi-cloud interconnect environments. Your engineering depth will ensure that Google's global physical infrastructure scales seamlessly.

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 - $275000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Directly influence the strategic, long-term technical direction across internal data center fabrics, Data Center Interconnect (DCI), WAN backbone expansion, and multi-cloud interconnect environments.
• Serve as the primary peer translating complex physical constraints (e.g., performance binning, power specs) into multi-year infrastructure roadmaps and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models.
• Act as the primary commercial and roadmap owner for the foundational networking silicon architectures powering Google's AI.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with hardware engineering, finance, and capacity planning to guarantee global supply chain readiness for future product lifecycles.
• Influence supplier roadmaps and build partnerships that enable Google to scale next-generation hardware platforms

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in network engineering, systems engineering, or technical infrastructure program deployment.
• Experience with hardware network design, routing/switching protocols, and large-scale network topologies (e.g., Clos topologies, Leaf-Spine architectures).
• Experience in a highly consultative, technical advisory, or client-facing capacity (such as a Solutions Architect, Field Applications Engineer, or Consulting Engineer) translating complex engineering limits into structured technical roadmaps.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in a technical or engineering field, or an MBA with a strong technical background.
• Demonstrated experience managing the business strategy, total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis, or P&L alignment for an enterprise product line or high-stakes customer environment.
• Proven track record contributing to high-level architectural direction across data center fabrics, Data Center Interconnect (DCI), WAN backbone expansion, and multi-cloud interconnect environments.
• Strong technical understanding of merchant networking silicon, performance binning, and vendor power/performance specifications.

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