Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience as a technical field engineer in a cloud computing environment or equivalent experience in a similar customer-facing role.
• Experience in a people manager role, and in strategy development, leadership engagement, and team development.
• Ability to travel as required.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience as a customer-facing field engineer.
• Experience using and/or managing databases.
• Experience in and understanding of data and information management as it relates to data trends and issues within businesses.
• Knowledge of Big Data, PaaS, SaaS, IaaS, public cloud, and related industry and technical concepts.
• Ability to craft a compelling message and tailor it for a given audience.

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.

As a Sales Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of customer engineers who engage with corporate customers business prospects, discover and assess customer requirements, prepare and present demonstrations of Google’s Cloud services, and address and overcome technical objections that arise throughout the business process.

Google Cloud provides organizations with leading infrastructure, platform capabilities and industry solutions. We deliver enterprise-grade cloud solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology to help companies operate more efficiently and adapt to changing needs, giving customers a foundation for the future. Customers in more than 150 countries turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Organize, train, and equip the sales engineering team.
• Work with Google Cloud sales leadership to identify, qualify, and prioritize coverage for opportunities.
• Work with the sales account team, customer support, product management, customer solutions, and engineering to resolve product problems affecting customer satisfaction.
•  Assess team’s go-to-market readiness, identify gaps in preparedness, and build plans to ensure the team is trained and equipped to successfully perform in support of business goals.
• Participate in periodic opportunity review meetings providing insight into how to best secure the technical opportunity.