Senior Director, Chief of Staff, Cloud AI

3 Months ago • 15 Years + • Operations • $294,000 PA - $423,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As Senior Director, Chief of Staff, Cloud AI, you will be a critical thought, strategy, and execution partner for the Vice President of Cloud AI and the overall leadership team. This role will have both technical components and traditional Chief of Staff components (strategy and operations), and will require flexing across both types of work streams. You will be responsible for driving technical progress, developing and executing on strategic and operational initiatives across the organization. This is a key role that includes leading and contributing to the growth, development and overall health of the organization. In addition to the core team, you will also work closely with key cross-functional partners to align strategies and business decisions. The Chief of Staff builds strong partnerships across functions, so you must inspire trust by demonstrating excellent judgment and integrity, while also being willing to help execute when needed.
Must have:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 15 years of experience managing projects in Engineering, Finance, Consulting, or Operations organizations.
  • 10 years of experience managing a team of 10 people.
  • Experience in AI or deep learning.
Good to have:
  • Experience collaborating with senior leaders to drive technical progress.
  • Experience leading teams through change and ambiguity, fostering a culture of flexibility, resilience, and collaborative problem-solving.
  • Proven ability to collaborate effectively across departments, build strong relationships, and share knowledge to achieve shared organizational goals.
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze the organization's competitive landscape, identify key trends and challenges, and adapt strategies to achieve business objectives in a dynamic environment.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, negotiation and organizational skills.
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills that drive executional impact at scale.

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 15 years of experience managing projects in Engineering, Finance, Consulting, or Operations organizations.
  • 10 years of experience managing a team of 10 people.
  • Experience in AI or deep learning.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience collaborating with senior leaders to drive technical progress.
  • Experience leading teams through change and ambiguity, fostering a culture of flexibility, resilience, and collaborative problem-solving.
  • Proven ability to collaborate effectively across departments, build strong relationships, and share knowledge to achieve shared organizational goals.
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze the organization's competitive landscape, identify key trends and challenges, and adapt strategies to achieve business objectives in a dynamic environment.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, negotiation and organizational skills.
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills that drive executional impact at scale.

About the job

As Senior Director, Chief of Staff, Cloud AI, you will be a critical thought, strategy, and execution partner for the Vice President of Cloud AI and the overall leadership team. This role will have both technical components and traditional Chief of Staff components (strategy and operations), and will require flexing across both types of work streams. You will be responsible for driving technical progress, developing and executing on strategic and operational initiatives across the organization.

This is a key role that includes leading and contributing to the growth, development and overall health of the organization. In addition to the core team, you will also work closely with key cross-functional partners to align strategies and business decisions. The Chief of Staff builds strong partnerships across functions, so you must inspire trust by demonstrating excellent judgment and integrity, while also being willing to help execute when needed.

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-$423,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. 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 .

Responsibilities

  • Serve as air traffic controller for leader, senior team and key partners, lifting themes to address across the organization. Be responsible for developing/executing communication plans to ensure strategy/alignment.
  • Establish/run a solid and efficient business cadence, driving business reviews with executive stakeholders, annual strategic planning, headcount/budget management, conflict management, organizational communications, running programs to improve growth, development, training in the organization.
  • Lead, integrate and execute strategic initiatives across Cloud AI, developing recommendations to leadership team through analysis, prioritization and alignment with cross-functional partners across T/PgM, Strat Ops, HR, Finance. 
  • Lead, incubate, and communicate critical and emergent projects from strategy through execution.
  • Build/lead a small team to execute across four key pillars: BizOps and Planning, StratDev and execution, Value tracking and realization, cultivate extended CoS network supporting other VPs and Directors. 

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