Key Account Executive, Google Cloud

Google; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in San Francisco is seeking a Share Key Account Executive for Google Cloud to lead enterprise sales initiatives. You will build strong relationships across client organizations, manage multi-year deals, and collaborate with internal teams to deliver platform value.

The role requires a track record in cloud or software sales to enterprise customers, experience guiding full sales cycles, and a consultative approach with executives.

Qualifications

• Experience selling cloud or software solutions to enterprise accounts.
• Ability to engage and influence diverse stakeholder groups.
• Proven track record of managing complex sales cycles from pipeline to close.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement sales strategies to achieve growth targets for Google Cloud.
• Manage and track the sales pipeline with accurate forecasting and reporting.
• Negotiate complex, multi-year agreements and frame compelling business cases for customers.
• Coordinate with Customer Engineering, Partners, and Post-Sales teams to drive adoption.
• Lead large, global accounts with multiple opportunities and cross-functional touchpoints.

Skills

Quota-carrying cloud sales

Consultative account management

Enterprise account experience

Full sales cycle

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Share Key Account Executive, Google Cloud

Google San Francisco, CA, USA

X 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.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in quota-carrying cloud or software sales, or consultative account management at a B2B software company.
• Experience engaging and building relationships with a wide range of internal teams and customer stakeholders.
• Experience managing the full sales cycle (e.g., pipeline management, forecasting, reporting).
• Experience selling to enterprise accounts, selling a portfolio of products or solutions at the C-level.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with consultative selling to executives in the financial services industry asking questions, presenting future-forward proposals, and building multi-year account strategies and plans.
• Experience qualifying leads and presenting the value proposition of cloud, data, and AI technologies against customers’ strategic business opportunities and challenges, and showcasing current technology trends and Google Cloud differentiators.
• Experience supporting large enterprise organizations, expanding existing accounts, securing new customers, and accelerating consumption business.
• Experience with complex agreements structuring, negotiating sophisticated commercial agreements, and supporting multi-year engagements.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and partners in project implementation and negotiation.
• Excellent business and financial acumen.

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.

US: $147000 - $204000 (USD) + 150% bonus target + equity + benefits

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• Develop and implement sales strategies to surpass business generation goals and build trusted, consultative relationships with customers. Leverage emerging technology trends, market analysis, and knowledge of cloud solutions to showcase how Google Cloud can transform customers' business.
• Manage and track the sales pipeline, from start to end, ensuring health and accurate forecasting for clear visibility into expected outcomes.
• Manage complex, multi-year agreements and formulate persuasive proposals that illustrate clear return on investment through customer business cases and comprehensive deployment plans.
• Mobilize internal experts (Customer Engineering, Partner, Post-Sales) and external partners at the right time to drive consumption and deliver a seamless customer experience.
• Run and manage complex global account(s) with multiple opportunities across different functions, serving as the primary customer contact for all adoption-related activities.

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