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Strategy and Operations Manager, Customer Engineering Google Cloud

$152K - $222K Boulder, CO, US Mid Posted July 14, 2026

Role Description

The application window will be open until at least July 28, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Chicago, IL, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; Addison, TX, USA; Austin, TX, USA.### Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 6 years of experience in Go-to-Market Strategy, Sales Operations, Strategy and Operations, Management Consulting, Finance, or Program Management.
  • Experience working with executive-level clients or stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications:

  • MBA or other relevant advanced degree.
  • Experience with leading data-driven analyses using SQL, AI, and data visualization tools to deliver insights and recommendations.
  • Experience planning, managing, and executing at the strategic and operational level, and influencing senior leaders with excellent investigative, reporting and presentation skills.
  • Knowledge of cloud and AI technologies, products and market landscape.
  • Ability to thrive and drive structure in an ambiguous, fast-paced, and fluid organizational environment.

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

The Business Strategy & Operations organization provides business critical insights using analytics, ensures cross functional alignment of goals and execution, and helps teams drive strategic partnerships and new initiatives forward. We stay focused on aligning the highest-level company priorities with effective day-to-day operations, and help evolve early stage ideas into future-growth initiatives.

The Google Cloud Sales Strategy and Operations team plays a key role acting as trusted advisors to the sales organization, partnering with cross-functional teams to plan, stratigize, and run the business in a transformational way.

In this role, you will help define, establish, and execute on key strategic priorities for the region through proactive data-driven insight generation and recommendation development. You will be responsible for collaborating with, planning, goal setting, territory design, expansion plans, and managing business activities. You will proactively explore, adopt, and integrate generative AI technologies to automate operational workflows, enhance reporting, and amplify team capabilities.

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: $152000 - $222000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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

* Assist in defining, landing, and executing key strategic priorities for the Customer Engineering (CE) and broader Sales organization. * Work with cross-functional organizations within Google Cloud to drive alignment and collaboration on the execution and achievement of key business goals. * Facilitate the annual and quarterly planning processes, including the development of business plans, operating models, resource allocation, market segmentation and area design. Enable goal setting, tracking and performance measurement of the business, and work on plans to address weaknesses and help drive processes to exceed goals consistently. * Structure and execute operational and strategic initiatives by developing work plans, gathering and synthesizing relevant data, leading analyses, and developing and executing final recommendations. * Leverage AI to drive efficiencies and expand capabilities for Strategy and Operations, Customer Engineering, and Cloud Go-to-Market (GTM) holistically. 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.

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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.

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