Principal Strategist, Security, Strategic Customer Engagement, Google Cloud

Google•New York, NY

6d•$174,000 - $252,000

About The Position

The Principal Strategist, Security, Strategic Customer Engagement role at Google Cloud serves as a strategic security advisor to enterprise customers and a voice for Google Cloud’s Secure AI Framework (SAIF) and Gemini. The role guides customers in adopting generative AI and AI-driven tools across SecOps, Threat Intelligence, Wiz, Zero Trust, SCC, and Mandiant to advance cyber defense. The strategist builds trusted relationships with enterprise CISOs, CROs, and risk officers; helps customers navigate compliance, risk, and incident-response challenges; and positions Google Cloud as a secure cloud provider. The role delivers executive workshops, technology showcases, and strategic discovery sessions; partners across Sales, Product, OCISO, Engineering, and Marketing to develop security assets and briefing methods; and mentors a global community of SCE strategists while channeling customer feedback to inform Google Cloud’s security roadmap.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related engineering field, or equivalent practical experience.
Active, industry-recognized professional security certifications, such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, GSE, or equivalent.
10 years of experience in customer-facing roles, including presentations, keynotes, and demos.
6 years of experience in cybersecurity technical pre-sales, management consulting, professional services, or security solution architecture.
5 years of experience developing and delivering narrative-focused technology demos, threat-modeling scenarios, or security briefings to executive audiences such as CISO, CIO, CTO, and board members.

Nice To Haves

10 years of experience in executive advisory, cyber-risk consulting, or senior security architect roles.
Experience in architecture across modern SecOps, threat intelligence, SIEM/SOAR (e.g., Google SecOps), and incident response (e.g., Mandiant).
Experience with Zero Trust Network Access, Secure Access Service Edge, and IAM infrastructure.
Experience with cloud-native security tools, data protection, and major compliance frameworks such as NIST and SOC2.
Experience using design thinking and hypothesis-driven frameworks to capture requirements, establish strategic goals, and translate technical security mechanics into business outcomes for executives.
Experience leveraging Generative AI concepts, such as LLMs, security-specific AI models like Sec-PaLM, and AI application security principles.

Responsibilities

Act as the SCE strategic voice for Google Cloud's Secure AI Framework (SAIF) and Gemini, guiding customers in adopting generative AI and AI-driven tools spanning SecOps, Threat Intelligence, Wiz, Zero Trust, SCC, and Mandiant.
Build trusted relationships with enterprise CISOs, CROs, and risk officers; navigate complex compliance, risk, and incident-response landscapes; and position Google Cloud as the most secure cloud.
Deliver immersive executive workshops, technology showcases, and strategic discovery sessions demonstrating defense-in-depth and modern security operations to C-suite decision-makers.
Partner with Sales, Product, OCISO, Engineering, and Marketing to create scalable, field-relevant security assets, demos, and briefing methodologies.
Mentor a global community of SCE strategists to deliver premium regional security offerings and channel feedback to influence Google Cloud’s long-term security roadmap.