A person with disabilities will be given preferential consideration per local regulations.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

• 10 years of experience in a presale customer-facing role in an enterprise business and data center environment and with enterprise security and networking architectures.

• Experience managing a presales team.

• Ability to communicate in German fluently in order to interact in this customer-facing sales role.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

• Experience in escalation and stakeholders management.

• Experience in security and also networking and cloud environments.

• Experience building and leading pre-sales Engineering teams.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling messages and tailor it for a given audience.

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.

• Collaborate with Sales and Customer Engineering management to determine proper staffing levels to support business goals, establish job requisitions, and lead interview teams to fill open positions.

• Work with Google Cloud Sales team leadership to identify, qualify, and prioritize coverage for business opportunities. Participate in periodic opportunity review meetings providing insights to secure technical success.

• Work with the Sales Account team, customer support, product management, customer solutions, and engineering to resolve product problems affecting pre and post-sales customer satisfaction.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCPEEOPost.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.