Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in venture capital, an entrepreneurial company, or as the Head of Innovation in an organization.

Preferred qualifications:

• Understanding of financial services.
• Outstanding communication skills.
• Confidence in public speaking.
• High degree of self-initiative, creativity, perseverance, and flexibility.

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 engineered 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.

Our team is directly responsible for executing against one of Google Cloud’s largest financial services relationships. Part of this mission is focused on the identification, exploration and execution of innovative Customer and Google driven ideas to identify those that will have the greatest impact on revenue or operational efficiency. This role will provide a unique opportunity to connect with some of the most innovative people in Google and define how Google will create a sustainable innovation platform. In this role, you will have the mandate to work across Alphabet and the Customer to identify potential and existing pools of innovation, understand their application to a highly regulated financial services customer, and work with the Customer and Google to develop the business cases and mobilize a small Engineering team to explore potential innovations.

Google Cloud accelerates organizations’ ability to digitally transform their business with the best infrastructure, platform, industry solutions and expertise. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology – all on the cleanest cloud in the industry. 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.

Responsibilities

• Identify pools of innovation across Google and the Customer, maintaining a close relationship with each to evaluate and provide innovative ideas.
• Lead commercial engagements where necessary to support the transfer/exploration of custom IP.
• Develop, run and assess programs tailored for the Customer to capture and explore innovative ideas to the point of conversion into a funded initiative.
• Understand the internal (Google and Customer) and external market potential for such innovations