Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, GenAI, Google Cloud

About the job As a Manager of a GenAI Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) team, you will lead AI/ML engineers who bridge the gap between frontier AI products and production-grade reality within customers. You are responsible for a team that doesn't just consult, but codes, debugs and jointly deploys bespoke agentic solutions directly within customer environments. In this role, you will provide technical mentorship to your team while balancing high-level strategic alignment with product, engineering, and Google Cloud Regional Sales leadership. Your mission is to empower and unblock your team as they resolve production-level obstacles, including data readiness issues, integration complexities, and state-management issues that hinder AI from achieving enterprise-grade maturity.It's an exciting time to join Google Cloud’s Go-To-Market team, leading the AI revolution for businesses worldwide. You’ll excel by leveraging Google's brand credibility—a legacy built on inventing foundational technologies and proven at scale. We’ll provide you with the world's most advanced AI portfolio, including frontier Gemini models, and the complete Vertex AI platform, helping you to solve business problems. We’re a collaborative culture providing direct access to DeepMind's engineering and research minds, empowering you to solve customer challenges. Join us to be the catalyst for our mission, drive c [... source excerpt omitted ...] ding job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $262000 - $364000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more about benefits at Google. Responsibilities Serve as the technical lead, establishing code standards, architectural best practices, and benchmarks to elevate engineering excellence across the team. Partner with sales and tech leadership to define requirements for high-value opportunities, deploying specialized experts (MLOps, GenMedia, or Agentic systems) to key accounts. Lead technical hiring for FDE, evaluating AI/ML expertise, systems engineering, and coding skills to build an exceptional engineering team. Identify skill gaps i [... source excerpt omitted ...] stack. Collaborate with product and engineering to resolve blockers and translate field insights into road maps while building internal tools to drive organizational efficiency. Qualifications Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 8 years of experience in cloud computing or a technical customer-facing role. 2 years of experience managing a software engineering, FDE, or a similar technical customer-facing team in a cloud computing environment. Experience developing AI/GenAI solutions utilizing AI tools, or designing multi-agent workflows or RAG systems. Experience in Python or a similar co