Technical Lead, EMEA GeoExpansion

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience in a technical consultancy or management consulting.
• 10 years of experience in cloud infrastructure strategy, capacity planning, or technical program management.
• Experience acting as a technical advisor or solution engineer for customer deployments.

Preferred qualifications:

• Track record of operating effectively at both the 30,000-foot strategic level (long-term planning) and the ground level (e.g., technical blockers, specific product constraints).
• Understanding of data center fundamentals (e.g., infrastructure, networking, hardware dependencies) and how they map to Cloud product portfolios (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS).
• Ability to successfully advocate for regional commercial needs while respecting global engineering standards and timelines.
• Ability to build consensus across a complex web of stakeholders often with conflicting priorities.
• Ability to bridge commercial requirements and engineering constraints.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distill complex technical concepts into executive-level briefings that deliver decision-making.

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 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.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical leadership for the GeoExpansion roadmap. Proactively manage the data center portfolio to optimize performance, mitigate risks, and advocate innovation.
• Collaborate with local teams to size demand, develop business cases, and secure approvals. Represent EMEA in semester planning for regional service rollout.
• Ensure all relevant AI services are deployed in EMEA. Partner with teams to translate demand, plan future AI hardware, and influence regional strategy.
• Manage large Classic and AI capacity escalations to safeguard business. Oversee GPU/TPU allocation and optimize utilization of EMEA data centers.
  
• Partner with country leadership on key deals, advising on regional design. Drive compliant region design and support the central build-out of significant AI capacity.