AI Sales Specialist Manager III, Google Cloud

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.

It's an exciting time to join Google Cloud’s Go-To-Market team, leading the AI revolution for businesses worldwide. You’ll lead by leveraging Google's brand credibility—a legacy built on inventing foundational technologies and proven at scale. We’ll provide you with the world's most advanced AI portfolio, including frontier Gemini models, and the complete Vertex AI platform, helping you to solve business problems. We’re a collaborative culture providing direct access to DeepMind's engineering and research minds, empowering you to solve customer challenges. Join us to be the catalyst for our mission, drive customer success, and define the new cloud era—the market is yours.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $170,000-$239,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Support your team to drive pipelines, manage business cycles from lead generation to customer onboarding, and meet and exceed business goals.
• Partner cross-functionally to understand customers, impact messaging and collateral, and provide excellent prospects and customer experience.
• Develop and own the go-to-market plan to scale and impact your business in key areas: Revenue, Net New Customer Growth, Customer Expansion and conservation, Customer Referenceability.
• Build and maintain relationships to influence long-term strategic direction and be a trusted advisor to your team and their accounts. Own CXO relationships with top customers and inspire executives by identifying AI use cases for Google Cloud products and solutions and demonstrating opportunities for transformation.
• Represent your business in forecasts, town halls and meetings. Report forecasts and business performance in Salesforce and other tools.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 12 years of experience in a sales role in the enterprise software, cloud or AI space.
• Leadership experience within a quota-carrying team, such as people management, team lead, mentorship or coaching.
• Experience in identifying AI use cases to solve customer issues or selling AI technology to clients.

Preferred qualifications:

• People and business management experience, supporting career development of a high performing sales team and business growth.
• Experience planning and organizing go-to-market strategies, business programs, and sales activity within your team and territory.
• Experience leveraging knowledge of products, solutions, and market trends, with the ability to analyze sales performance data or market changes, to drive strategic direction.
• Experience influencing cross-functional teams to impact business goals, customer experience, and customer expansion.
• Experience with Google Cloud, relevant AI offerings, and selling an AI technology stack.
• Excellent problem solving, communication, presentation, listening, and program management skills.