Senior Director, Strategy and Operations, Hybrid and On-prem Infrastructure

Google•Sunnyvale, CA

15d•$301,000 - $418,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Hybrid and On-prem Infrastructure is a critical strategic leadership and business management position within Google Cloud. This role is uniquely responsible for defining the execution strategy, ensuring overall business success, and driving operational excellence across the entire portfolio of on-premise and hybrid infrastructure solutions. The core of this role involves comprehensive end-to-end profit and loss ownership and driving Go-to-Market (GTM) success. You will collaborate closely with product management and engineering to develop a multi-year strategic outlook, focusing on efforts to migrate, modernize, and manage customer workloads. The scope extends to defining the entire customer and operational lifecycle, including the developer experience, control plane APIs, support services, and maintenance. A key function is maintaining operational and support excellence to guarantee reliable, high-performance services and the timely launch of new products. You will be a vital customer advocate, translating user needs into the product roadmap and ensuring that solutions empower users. You will create and manage strategic partnerships with external vendors (e.g., hardware and data center partners) and building a high-performing team of engineers and technical leaders capable of executing a multi-year roadmap and fostering a culture of career growth and continuous learning. 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

15 years of experience in the computing infrastructure or cloud industry, including 5 years of experience as a Product Engineering/Management leader with a research experience.
Experience with on-premises/hybrid products.
Experience leading and managing infrastructure teams.

Nice To Haves

Multidisciplinary experience leading product, engineering, and research teams in complex, cross-functional environments.
Experience with ideation and innovation of technology at scale.
Deep technical expertise in systems and software to influence technical leaders and guide mission-critical research.
Ability to balance detailed technical guidance with "big picture" strategy for effective product delivery and data management at scale.
Excellent communication skills to simplify complex technical topics for executive leadership to influence company strategy.
Credibility as an engineering leader with a focus on engineering excellence and sustainable practices.

Responsibilities

Partner with product management and engineering to define the strategic outlook for the Hybrid and On-prem Infrastructure business, ensuring alignment across all cross-functional teams (e.g., Sales, Engineering, Ops, etc.).
Drive the business case, commercial engagements, Go-to-Market (GTM) success, and manage the entire end-to-end profit and loss, including forecasting, metric management, and pricing strategy.
Define and enhance the installation, operations, developer experience, control plane APIs, and maintenance to ensure reliable, high-performance operations and the timely delivery of new product initiatives.
Act as the primary advocate for customers, shaping the product roadmap, developer experience, training, and support to ensure solutions meet customer needs and deliver delight.
Create and manage strategic partnerships with data center, operations, and hardware partners, while building and developing a growth-fostering team of tech leads and engineers.

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