Global AI Capacity Management and Strategic Program Lead

Google; Toronto, Vancouver; On-site; CAD 146,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Toronto, Canada is seeking a Global AI Capacity Management and Strategic Program Lead to optimize the deployment, utilization, and wellbeing of technical talent across AI Tech Go-to-Market teams. You will own end-to-end matchmaking, aligning project requirements with consultant skills, availability, and constraints, while advising practice managers and leadership.

The role blends day-to-day staffing with strategic forecasting and process improvement, requiring a data-driven,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program or project management in an enterprise, cloud, or technology environment.
• 5 years of experience staffing project teams, management consulting, or corporate strategy.

Responsibilities

• Partner with strategy and operations and AI Tech Go-to-Market leadership to create best practices for staffing and utilization management.
• Lead weekly staffing meetings with forward deployed developing leadership teams and ensure supply and demand forecasts are accurate.
• Work separately to match forward deployed developers with projects based on skill set, availability, timezone and other constraints.
• Partner with team leadership to manage assigned Forward Deployed Developers utilization, bandwidth and well being.
• Develop new metrics for tracking staffing efficiency.

Skills

Program management

Staffing

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Global AI Capacity Management and Strategic Program Lead

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• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program or project management in an enterprise, cloud, or technology environment.
  
• 5 years of experience staffing project teams, management consulting, or corporate strategy.
• Experience using Salesforce or another CRM.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in the business technology market as a program manager in SaaS, cloud computing, or emerging technologies.
  
• Experience with capacity planning models.
• Experience in staffing and forecasting in fractional staffing models.
• Experience building dashboards in business intelligence tools.

About the job

The Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next for their business - all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are developed for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers - developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies - see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners.

As a Global AI Capacity Management and Strategic Program Lead, you will focus on optimizing the deployment, utilization, and well-being of technical talent across AI Tech Go-to-Market teams. Operating as an individual contributor, you will own the end-to-end matchmaking process aligning project requirements with consultant skill sets, availability, and constraints while serving as a trusted advisor to practice managers and leadership. This role requires a data-driven, relationship-oriented professional who can seamlessly balance day-to-day tactical staffing with strategic forecasting and process improvement.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

About the job

The Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next for their business - all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are developed for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers - developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies - see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners.

As a Global AI Capacity Management and Strategic Program Lead, you will focus on optimizing the deployment, utilization, and well-being of technical talent across AI Tech Go-to-Market teams. Operating as an individual contributor, you will own the end-to-end matchmaking process aligning project requirements with consultant skill sets, availability, and constraints while serving as a trusted advisor to practice managers and leadership. This role requires a data-driven, relationship-oriented professional who can seamlessly balance day-to-day tactical staffing with strategic forecasting and process improvement.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Canada: $146000 - $149000 (CAD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google .

• Partner with strategy and operations and AI Tech Go-to-Market leadership to create best practices for staffing and utilization management.
• Lead weekly staffing meetings with forward deployed developing leadership teams and ensure supply and demand forecasts are accurate.
• Work separately to match forward deployed developers with projects based on skill set, availability, timezone and other constraints.
• Partner with team leadership to manage assigned Forward Deployed Developers utilization, bandwidth and well being.
• Develop new metrics for tracking staffing efficiency.

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