Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Seattle, WA, USA; Cambridge, MA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• 15 years of experience in engineering leadership in inception, design, implementation, and launch of Business-to-Consumer products.
• 15 years of experience managing an engineering team.
• Experience in Agile software development.
• Experience leading engineering of products in a multi-stakeholder environment.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or Business Management.
• Experience in an AI and LLM background.
• Experience in user experience concerns, surveys, iterative design, research, and mocks, with a good understanding of data privacy and security concerns.
• Experience in EdTech engineering leadership, using products that are web-based, support multiple personas, use cloud infrastructure, work with abuse, and operate in an agile environment, including passion for the education industry.
• Knowledge of Ruby on Rails, MySQL, Typescript, and cloud infrastructure.
• Executive presence with excellent communication skills for inspiring, interacting, and collaborating with staff, internal business partners, and vendors.

About the job

Google Cloud is looking for an experienced senior engineering leader to drive the technical vision for our online learning platform, which is critical to the adoption of Google Cloud technology and skilling the future workforce. This team is responsible for developing the user-interface and back-end systems to power our learning experiences. These products have the ability to become the learning system for all of Google to aid in skilling the next generation of workers while also driving the consumption of Google Cloud technology.

This role is core to imagining how we as Google Cloud help customers, partners, and individuals learn and use Google to solve business problems, help people find jobs, hire talent, and create economic opportunity.

As the Director of Google Cloud Learning Technologies for our Cloud Learning Services organization you will be passionate about users and have the desire to interact directly with customers, partners, and internal teams to drive the growth of Google Cloud. You should enjoy building and introducing new products to help colleagues, customers, and partners embrace and adopt new technology. You will be a thought leader, looking around corners and have a view on how AI will impact learning for every individual, customer, and partner. We are positioned to help in this once in a generation technology change.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $294,000-$414,000 + 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

• Lead and own the strategy charter, developing our technical platform strategy and innovation agenda. Synthesize data and create new connections to empower us to make the right decisions for users.
• Lead and develop a talented group of Software Engineers, UX Designers, Researchers and Lab Architects. Inspire a culture of engineering excellence across architecture, design, implementation, launch, measuring success and support. Have an opinion on architectural pillars, design principals, quality of code, and ensure a learning engineering environment.
• Enable the team to plan, organize, and manage complex technical features and capabilities. Create a culture of inclusivity.
• Establish and manage strategic partnerships inside and outside the company. 
• Create transparency at all levels across Google Cloud around the work the team is doing and how and what is prioritized. Influence stakeholders of all levels. 

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