Director, Outbound Product Management, Cloud Computing

Google Google · Big Tech · Sunnyvale, CA +1

Director of Outbound Product Management for Google Cloud, focusing on AI infrastructure (GPUs, TPUs), standard compute, and orchestration. The role involves shaping go-to-market strategies, customer relationships, and external messaging to position Google Cloud as the leading platform for AI. Responsibilities include competitive positioning, cross-functional partnerships, analyst relations, and driving customer growth campaigns.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop competitive positioning for Cloud Compute, AI infra, containers and orchestration.
  2. Develop effective partnerships across all compute engineering, product management, sales and marketing and understand their strategic priorities and infrastructure requirements.
  3. Synthesize portfolio-wide roadmaps and directions into a single, compelling narrative.
  4. Drive major analyst efforts such as Gartner MQ and Forrester Wave for infrastructure.
  5. Drive Google’s external messaging and develop industry recognized speakers within their organization.

Skills

Required

  • 15 years of work experience in the tech industry
  • 10 years of experience as a product management leader
  • Experience with Cloud Infrastructure/tooling, metrics, and analytics

Nice to have

  • Experience considering ambiguous and fast evolving internal environments and internal coordination across many teams
  • Demonstrated track record of technical innovation in Cloud, machine learning or related fields
  • Demonstrated track record of developing infrastructure or solutions within large, cross-functional engineering environments
  • Demonstrated track record of communicating technical subjects to senior company leaders as well as influencing company strategy and decisions
  • Track record of ideation and innovation of technology at scale and passion for development and the use of cross-platform shared code

What the JD emphasized

  • AI infra advancements and offerings
  • Google as “The Cloud for AI”
  • outbound product management spanning AI Infra (GPUs and TPUs), standard compute, Kubernetes and orchestration products
  • messaging strategy, events and drive key outreach and customer growth campaigns
  • technical innovation in Cloud, machine learning or related fields
  • developing infrastructure or solutions within large, cross-functional engineering environments
  • communicating technical subjects to senior company leaders as well as influencing company strategy and decisions
  • ideation and innovation of technology at scale