Cloud Delivery Lead, GCP Programs & Stakeholder Success

Google; City Of London; On-site; GBP 135,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. You will oversee large-scale programmes, coordinate cross-functional teams, and define delivery roadmaps that realize business value.

Based in London or Milan, you will travel up to 80% to Milan for stakeholder engagement and work in a fast-moving, hybrid environment with global clients. Strong program management experience across Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid methods is required, along with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in a technical project management or a customer-facing role.
• Experience in program management in environments using Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid methodologies.
• Ability to travel 80% of the time to Milan for stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and coordination of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) programmes at engagements, including management of benefit realization and the coordination of new capabilities to enable effective change and deliver projected benefits.
• Provide strong delivery leadership, developing trusted customer relationships - to C-suite/Board level - defining and aligning delivery and business value OKRs and shared delivery roadmaps.
• Manage communications with all stakeholders (technical and business), providing transparency across the engagement, visibility of progress against desired outcomes and timely updates ensuring ‘no surprises.’
• Build a high performing Delivery team, across functions/locations; breaking down large, complex problems into manageable chunks; enabling delivery by creating clarity from ambiguity, structuring/sequencing to maximize value and remaining open minded to pivot if needed.
• Define criteria for control and management of deliveries, advocate delivery and process excellence, seek and implement continuous improvements.

Skills

Program management

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Master’s degree in Computer Science or relevant field

Job description

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. You will oversee large-scale programmes, coordinate cross-functional teams, and define delivery roadmaps that realize business value.

Based in London or Milan, you will travel up to 80% to Milan for stakeholder engagement and work in a fast-moving, hybrid environment with global clients. Strong program management experience across Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid methods is required, along with