Pursuit Lead, West, Cloud Consulting

Position: Pursuit Lead, West, Google Cloud Consulting
Applicants 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.

Note:

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

Minimum qualifications:

• 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 in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) technologies, services, and adoption frameworks.

• Experience with executive‑level customer relationships (e.g., acting as a advisor or portfolio leader).

Preferred qualifications:

• 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 (e.g., sales, professional services organization, and partners).

• Ability to drive business outcomes and consumption acceleration through governance and execution oversight of signed engagements.

About The Job

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 most complex, large‑scale customer transformations. You will partner closely with Sales leadership, this role defines 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 business.

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.

The US base salary range for this full‑time position is $137,000‑$200,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

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…