Pursuit Lead II, Google Cloud

Google•Chicago, IL

8h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Google Cloud Consulting (GCC) team is evolving to meet the demands of enterprise Artificial Intelligence (AI) transformation. As a Pursuit Lead (PL), you will act as the growth engine and primary services connection point for Google Cloud's customer transformations. You will define the holistic services and transformation strategy for an assigned customer portfolio, driving repeatable, end-to-end success. You will serve as a trusted advisor, owning the services architecture and positioning the value proposition of Google Cloud services from initial concept through execution to accelerate Google Cloud Platform (GCP) adoption, ensuring an exceptional customer experience, and maximizing Google Cloud revenue. In this role, you will be expected to be on the customer site approximately 40% of the time. Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a technical or business field, or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in customer-facing roles (e.g., driving professional services or transformation strategies) in the cloud or enterprise technology domain.
Experience managing end-to-end commercial agreement pursuit and services agreements life-cycles (e.g., qualification, scoping, proposal development, and negotiation).
Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) technologies, services, and adoption frameworks.
Experience with executive-level customer relationships (e.g., acting as an advisor or portfolio leader).

Nice To Haves

MBA or Master's degree in a relevant field.
Experience developing holistic services strategies and repeatable solutions across a customer portfolio.
Experience demonstrating thought leadership, business, and industry acumen, coupled with collaborating across internal organizations (Sales, Professional Services Organization, and Partners).
Ability to drive business outcomes and consumption acceleration through governance and execution oversight of signed engagements.

Responsibilities

Define, own, and articulate the comprehensive services and transformation strategy for a specific customer portfolio, partnering directly with the corresponding sales leadership.
Architect the end-to-end customer services journey, managing the entire services life-cycle from qualification through contracting and creating proposals; leveraging a value services approach to accelerate cloud adoption.
Translate customer business goals into a defined services roadmap, scope the required professional services work, and orchestrate the engagement of the right delivery resources (e.g., professional services organization and partners).
Cultivate and maintain executive relationships across the customer portfolio, acting as a trusted advisor and thought leader on Google Cloud's service offerings and transformation capabilities.
Drive the successful execution and governance of signed professional services engagements to ensure timely project delivery, consumption acceleration, and achievement of expected business goals.