Security Partner Manager, AI Threat Defense, Google Cloud

Google Google · Big Tech · Sunnyvale, CA +3

This role focuses on scaling Google Cloud's AI Threat Defense ecosystem by enabling and guiding partners to build and deploy security solutions using AI capabilities. The role involves leading technical workshops, advising on best practices, and relaying field feedback to internal teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the technical onboarding and enablement of our AITD global partners, ensuring they are fully equipped to go to market with our AI Threat Defense solutions starting this summer.
  2. Design, facilitate, and lead technical AI workshops tailored for security practitioners, architects, and partner engineering teams.
  3. Guide partners in building bespoke, AI-driven security solutions, advising on best practices, integration points.
  4. Act as a critical driver in scaling the AI Threat Defense ecosystem, ensuring partners are capable of delivering high-value security operations, threat investigation, and response outcomes.
  5. Work closely with product management, engineering, and partner sales teams to relay feedback from the field, refine enablement materials, and optimize our partner Go-To-Market (GTM) strategies.

Skills

Required

  • 8 years of experience in partner development, channel program management, or go-to-market (GTM) enablement within the cybersecurity or cloud security sector.
  • Experience with cybersecurity concepts (e.g., managed security service providers (MSSPs), security operations (SecOps), threat detection) and artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning applications in cybersecurity (e.g., Large Language Models (LLMs), generative AI security risks, or AI-driven security automation).
  • Experience in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning applications within cyber defense.

Nice to have

  • Experience managing and enabling global strategic partnerships or working with wave/tier-based partner programs.
  • Understanding of the current AI ecosystem and its practical applications in modern Security Operations Centers.
  • Ability to translate complex technical AI concepts into actionable business and architectural guidance.
  • Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with a track record of successfully leading technical workshops and training sessions for external audiences.

What the JD emphasized

  • AI Threat Defense solutions
  • AI workshops
  • AI-driven security solutions
  • AI ecosystem
  • AI concepts