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.
As a Field Sales Representative (FSR), focused on new customer acquisition for accounts within the startup ecosystem, you will grow Google Cloud by acquiring new logos and securing the foundational workload(s) to accelerate their consumption revenue. You will drive long-term revenue growth by gaining a deep understanding of new customers' critical issues and aligning them with Google Cloud's portfolio of solutions. You will lead the end-to-end sales process, from initiating customer conversations to orchestrating internal and external teams to deliver revenue commitments and increased consumption. You will be a strategic partner to cross-industry Startup and Digital Native accounts, engaging customers, from developers to C-suite founders, with consultative value selling methodology.
Google Cloud's unique capabilities empower Startups and Digital Natives to address critical needs in scaling, growth, and global expansion, while also offering advanced technologies that drive differentiation, customer acquisition, and revenue acceleration.Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s 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.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 7 years of experience in quota-carrying cloud or software sales, or consultative account management at a B2B software company.
- Experience engaging and building relationships with a wide range of internal teams and customer stakeholders.
- Experience prospecting, or building customer relationships from scratch.
- Experience managing the full sales cycle (e.g., pipeline management, forecasting, reporting) and managing commercial negotiations and agreements.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with consultative selling to executives at Startup or Digital Native organizations, asking questions, presenting future-forward proposals, and building multi-year account strategies and plans.
- Experience qualifying leads and presenting the value proposition of cloud, data, and AI technologies against customers’ business opportunities and issues.
- Experience with agreement structuring, negotiating commercial agreements, and supporting multi-year engagements.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and partners in project implementation and negotiation.
- Demonstrated business and financial acumen, including P&L management and accurate forecasting.
- Excitement for building Greenfield territories; experience acquiring new logos at scale and securing foundational workload(s) to accelerate consumption revenue.