Senior Director, Platform Operations, GDC

Senior Director, Platform Operations, Google Distributed Cloud

Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) is a cloud-centric platform that enables enterprises to run modern apps anywhere consistently at scale. We offer a wide spectrum of solutions from managed software on your own hardware, fully managed hardware and AI-led software services, to completely air-gapped sovereign offerings. GDC is a fully managed product portfolio that brings Google Cloud's infrastructure and services closer to where customer data is being generated and consumed. Empowering customers to run AI-led services in their own (or a partner) data center, or at the edge, alongside enterprise applications to support mission-critical use cases such as computer vision and Google AI edge inferencing.

As the Senior Director, you will establish and maintain the core reliability and production standards for GDC. In this role, you will build and operate the production environment for GDC. You will lead the dedicated Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team within GDC, be responsible for the operational excellence and technical direction of the distributed full stack cloud product, and lead an organization of approximately 50-100 people. The core mission is to drive the technical and strategic execution for reliable production operations, ensuring operability, performance, and security of GDC within the constraints of private, on-premise, and air-gapped environments.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $349,000-$485,000 + 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.

Responsibilities :

• Drive the SRE technical strategy and architectural roadmap for GDC, ensuring the vision is set by the VP and is translated into measurable, high-impact results.
• Develop and deliver the operations stack that enables Google's SREs, partners, and customers to operate the distributed cloud deployment.
• Own, innovate, and create programs, software solutions, process innovations, and analytics that drive improvements to the availability and operability of GDC's products.
• Lead, develop, and scale the mission-critical SRE and Production Operations team, including managing multiple Directors and / or large numbers of managers within the organization. Focus on talent management and developing leadership talent within the SRE function.
• Partner closely with the EngProd (e.g., Developer Velocity and QA) function to ensure production readiness, reliability validation, and the enforcement of test coverage strategy (e.g., unit, integration, silver, gold, systest) before code deployment.