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Head of Global Capacity Management, Forward Deployed Engineering

New York, NY, US Head of Posted June 02, 2026

Role Description

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; New York, NY, USA.### Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 7 years of experience in program or project management.
  • 7 years of experience in people management.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience leading a globally distributed team.
  • Experience with executive stakeholder management.
  • Experience with capacity planning models.
  • Experience in staffing and forecasting in fractional staffing models.
  • Experience building dashboards in BI tools.
  • Knowledge of public cloud technologies, products, trends, and market dynamics.

About the job -----------------

As the Head of Global Capacity Management, Forward Deployed Engineering role, you will be responsible for directing a global team of Capacity Managers to optimize the staffing and utilization of Google talent across Forward Deployed Engineering engagements. This role bridges the gap between high-level business strategy and day-to-day operational execution, ensuring that Google Cloud Consulting (GCC) has the right talent in the right place at the right time. Serving as a key partner to Global Leadership and Strategy and Operations, you will drive the framework for supply-and-demand forecasting, influence critical business decisions, and advocate both operational efficiency and consultant well-being.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: $164000 - $240000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.Responsibilities --------------------

* Lead a global team of Capacity Managers focused on day-to-day staffing of Google talent on Customer Engagements. * Partner with Strategy and Operations and Google Cloud Consulting leadership to create best practices for staffing and utilization management. * Partner with Global Leadership to address supply and demand issues, and influence business decisions. * Lead weekly staffing meetings with Professional Services teams and ensure supply and demand forecasts are accurate. * Develop new metrics for tracking staffing efficiency. Create and maintain relationships with practice managers and consultants. Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

About Forward Deployed Engineering

Forward Deployed Engineers are embedded directly with customers to build custom solutions, integrate products into existing infrastructure, and bridge the gap between product engineering and customer success. The role combines deep technical skills with the ability to operate in client environments and translate business requirements into working software.

Originally pioneered by Palantir, the FDE model has spread across AI, enterprise SaaS, and cloud infrastructure companies. FDEs write production code, architect integrations, train customer teams, and feed product insights back to the core engineering organization. At companies like OpenAI, Salesforce, and Databricks, FDE teams are treated as elite engineering units that can ship custom solutions in days rather than quarters.

Typical FDE stack: Python, TypeScript, SQL, REST/GraphQL APIs, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), and increasingly LLM APIs and AI orchestration frameworks. Strong communication and the ability to context-switch between technical and business conversations are as important as coding ability.

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