AI Infra Practice Architect, Google Cloud

Google Inc.; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Cloud is seeking an AI Infra Practice Architect to guide GTM strategy and design for AI infrastructure across the Google Cloud portfolio. The role requires broad leadership, strong domain thinking, and the ability to interact with customers to gather feedback and shape offerings.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives, align GTM plans with company strategy, and influence senior stakeholders while partnering with regional teams to drive growth and execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience with technical or GTM planning in cloud infrastructure within a customer-facing or support role.
• Experience delivering business or technical presentations to the C-Suite or board levels.
• Experience delivering GTM motions and managing GTM processes, analytics, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own the construction and implementation of sales plays for your specific product portfolio.
• Drive strategic decision-making by leveraging analysis and insights, aligning project portfolios and Go-to-Market (GTM) plans with company strategy to achieve growth goals.
• Support the design and implementation of integrated GTM blueprints across the full ecosystem (industries, solutions, partnerships, services, enablement, compensation), collaborating with Practice Leads to balance efficiency and growth.
• Oversee the portfolio, continuously monitoring business performance, diagnosing issues, and recommending new approaches based on results and data-driven insights.
• Conduct ongoing research and benchmarking to incorporate industry best practices, providing actionable insights and recommendations to Practice Lead to inform strategic alignment.

Skills

GTM planning

C-Suite presentations

Stakeholder influence

Cloud infrastructure

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent practical experience

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

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• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience with technical or GTM planning in cloud infrastructure within a customer-facing or support role.
• Experience delivering business or technical presentations to the C-Suite or board levels.
• Experience delivering GTM motions and managing GTM processes, analytics, and reporting.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Business, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering or Applied Science, or a related field.
• Experience working across organizational boundaries, building relationships and ideas to achieve broader organizational goals.
• Experience with emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions in the Cloud/IT technology space (e.g. Generative AI, Cloud Security, Distributed Cloud, etc.).
• Experience with content creation and narrative development.

About the job

The Global Practice Architect team orchestrates across numerous contributing teams, and GTM stakeholder organizations, regionally and globally, to facilitate the successful design, implementation and refinement of the overall strategy.

As a Global Practice Architect for AI Infrastructure within Google Cloud, you will bring your experience and thought leadership and operational mindset to help drive outlook, mission, and strategy around the AI Infrastructure’s Go-To-Market (GTM) approach. You will showcase strong leadership capabilities and strategic thinking by designing and orchestrating the right model for Google Cloud’s objectives and the current market landscape. You will partner with key cross-functional stakeholders to develop and iterate on the plan. You will also need to interface directly with some customers, both helping them to understand Google Cloud’s offerings and gathering their feedback in order to adapt as needs change.

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 Global Practice Architect team orchestrates across numerous contributing teams, and GTM stakeholder organizations, regionally and globally, to facilitate the successful design, implementation and refinement of the overall strategy.

As a Global Practice Architect for AI Infrastructure within Google Cloud, you will bring your experience and thought leadership and operational mindset to help drive outlook, mission, and strategy around the AI Infrastructure’s Go-To-Market (GTM) approach. You will showcase strong leadership capabilities and strategic thinking by designing and orchestrating the right model for Google Cloud’s objectives and the current market landscape. You will partner with key cross-functional stakeholders to develop and iterate on the plan. You will also need to interface directly with some customers, both helping them to understand Google Cloud’s offerings and gathering their feedback in order to adapt as needs change.

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.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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• Own the construction and implementation of sales plays for your specific product portfolio.
• Drive strategic decision-making by leveraging analysis and insights, aligning project portfolios and Go-to-Market (GTM) plans with company strategy to achieve growth goals.
• Support the design and implementation of integrated GTM blueprints across the full ecosystem (industries, solutions, partnerships, services, enablement, compensation), collaborating with Practice Leads to balance efficiency and growth.
• Oversee the portfolio, continuously monitoring business performance, diagnosing issues, and recommending new approaches based on results and data-driven insights.
• Conduct ongoing research and benchmarking to incorporate industry best practices, providing actionable insights and recommendations to Practice Lead to inform strategic alignment.

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