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Key Account Executive IV, Google Cloud

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Compensation
$147–204K/yr
Location
Houston, TX
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Key Account Executive IV will lead enterprise selling for Google Cloud, building executive relationships and developing customer strategies to drive long-term growth. The role manages the sales process from initial conversations through delivery, coordinating internal experts and external partners to support customer commitments and adoption. The position may be based in Houston or Austin, Texas.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Cloud SalesSoftware SalesConsultative Account ManagementStakeholder Relationship BuildingFull Sales Cycle ManagementEnterprise SalesC-Level SellingExecutive Consultative SellingLead QualificationCloud TechnologiesData TechnologiesAI TechnologiesTechnology Trend AnalysisAccount ExpansionCommercial NegotiationCross-Functional LeadershipBusiness AcumenFinancial Acumen

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent10 Years Cloud or Software Sales Experience

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XNote: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Houston, TX, USA; Austin, TX, USA .

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

  • 10 years of experience in quota-carrying cloud or software sales, or consultative account management at a business-to-business (B2B) software company.

  • Experience building relationships with internal teams and customer stakeholders.

  • Experience managing the full sales cycle (e.g., pipeline management, forecasting, reporting).

  • Experience selling to enterprise accounts, selling a portfolio of products or solutions at the C-level.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience in consultative selling to executives in the oil and gas industry, asking insightful questions, presenting forward-looking proposals, and developing multi-year account strategies.

  • Experience qualifying leads and presenting the value proposition of cloud, data, and AI technologies against customers’ strategic business opportunities and challenges. Experience showcasing current technology trends and Google Cloud differentiators.

  • Experience supporting large enterprise organizations, expanding existing accounts, securing new customers, and accelerating consumption business.

  • Experience with complex agreement structuring, negotiating sophisticated commercial agreements, and supporting multi-year engagements.

  • Experience leading cross-functional teams and partners in project implementation and negotiation.

  • Demonstrated business and financial acumen.

About the job

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.

In this role, you will serve as the executive selling to the enterprises in Google Cloud. You will leverage existing relationships with CEOs and C-level executives, developing new relationships with business unit leaders to understand their unique company tests and to influence their perspective of Google solutions. You will be a partner to customers, leveraging consultative value selling methodology to drive long-term business growth. You will do this with a deep industry understanding, communicating the business value of Google while driving shareholder value. You will lead the business process, from initiating customer conversations to orchestrating internal and external teams to deliver business commitments and increased consumption. You will advocate the innovative power of our products and solutions to make organizations more productive, collaborative, and mobile.

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.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $147000 - $204000 (USD) + 150% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement sales strategies to surpass business goals and build trusted, consultative relationships with customers. Leverage emerging technology trends, market analysis, and knowledge of cloud solutions to showcase how Google Cloud can transform customers' business.

  • Manage and track the sales pipeline, from lead to close, ensuring health and accurate forecasting for clear visibility into expected outcomes.

  • Manage complex, multi-year agreements and formulate persuasive proposals that illustrate clear return on investment through customer business cases and comprehensive deployment plans.

  • Mobilize internal experts (Customer Engineering, Partner, Post-Sales) and external partners at the right time to drive consumption and deliver a seamless customer experience.

  • Run and manage complex global account(s) with multiple opportunities across different functions, serving as the primary customer contact for all adoption-related activities.

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Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) .

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Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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How this job compares

Set against the 4,560 open Enterprise Sales jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 2, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$147–204K/yr
  • Texas median$149–218K/yr179 salary ranges
  • US median$137–200K/yr3,658 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $176K, is close to the Texas median midpoint ($178K) — in the middle half of Enterprise Sales salary ranges in Texas.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 255 open Enterprise Sales jobs in Texas and 4,560 across the US. 22% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Enterprise Sales postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 3,910 postings).
Education
357 of the 4,560 open Enterprise Sales jobs (8%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 2, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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