Practice Architect, Private Equity, Google Cloud

Google Google · Big Tech · Chicago, IL +3

This role is for a Practice Architect within Google Cloud's Private Equity GTM team. The primary focus is on designing and managing Go-to-Market (GTM) strategies, sales assets, and operational models to drive growth in the Private Equity sector. The role involves strategic planning, cross-functional collaboration, customer interaction, and incorporating industry best practices. While the role mentions "emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions in the cloud/IT technology space (e.g., generative AI)" as a preferred qualification, the core responsibilities are centered around GTM strategy and execution, not direct AI/ML model development or deployment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the construction and implementation of GTM PE plays for your specific product portfolio.
  2. Drive strategic decision-making by leveraging analysis and insights, aligning project portfolios and Go-to-Market (GTM) plans with company strategy to achieve growth goals for PE.
  3. Support the design and implementation of integrated GTM PE blueprints across the full ecosystem (industries, solutions, partnerships, services, enablement, compensation), collaborating with Practice Leads to balance efficiency and growth.
  4. Oversee the GTM PE portfolio, continuously monitoring business performance, diagnosing issues, and recommending new approaches based on results and data-driven insights.
  5. Conduct ongoing research and benchmarking to incorporate industry best practices, providing actionable insights and recommendations to Practice Lead to inform strategic alignment.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10 years of experience with technical or Go-to-Market (GTM) planning in cloud or in private equity in a customer-facing or support role.
  • Experience delivering GTM motions and managing GTM processes, analytics, and reporting.
  • Experience delivering business and technical presentations to the C-Suite and board level within an organization.

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree in Business, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering or Applied Science, or a related field.
  • Experience working across organizational boundaries, building relationships and ideas to achieve broader organizational goals.
  • Experience developing business plays for cloud products leveraging partnerships, and with content creation and narrative development.
  • Experience with emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions in the cloud/IT technology space (e.g., generative AI, cloud security, distributed cloud, etc.).

What the JD emphasized

  • 10 years of experience with technical or Go-to-Market (GTM) planning in cloud or in private equity in a customer-facing or support role.
  • Experience delivering GTM motions and managing GTM processes, analytics, and reporting.