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Principal Commercial Lead, Workspace Developer Platform (Fixed-Term Contract)

Google

CAContract$176–255K/yrPosted 2w agoStill listed today

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Compensation
$176–255K/yr
Location
CA
Schedule
Contract
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Principal Commercial Lead owns commercial strategy, agreements, and developer adoption for Google’s Workspace Developer Platform. The role works across Product Engineering, go-to-market teams, and third-party developer networks to establish commercial frameworks, including agreements, quota rules, and billing models. It also supports partner integrations and helps translate platform capabilities into value for developers.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Business DevelopmentSoftware as a Service (SaaS)NegotiationStakeholder ManagementEnterprise Software Commercial LeadershipSaaS Business GenerationCloud Developer Ecosystem ManagementC-Level Executive EngagementCross-Functional ManagementAgreement ManagementPartnership ManagementAPI-Driven PlatformsCloud IntegrationsSaaS ArchitecturesModern Developer PlatformsCommunicationPresentationCommercial Agreement StructuringCommercial Agreement Closing

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Practical Experience10 Years Relevant ExperienceMaster's or Advanced DegreeEnglish Proficiency

Full job description

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info_outline XApplicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

  • 10 years of experience in enterprise software commercial leadership, business development, SaaS business generation, or cloud developer ecosystem management

  • Experience working with C-level executives and cross-functionally across all levels of management.

  • Experience managing agreements or partnerships.

  • Experience with API-driven platforms, cloud integrations, SaaS architectures, and modern developer platforms.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or other advanced degree.

  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with a demonstrated ability to interface confidently with C-level client executives.

  • Proven track record of independently facilitating, structuring, and closing complex, multi-party commercial agreements with global partners or ISVs.

About the job Google's line of products and services to our clients never stops growing. The Partnerships Development team is responsible for seeking and exploring new opportunities with Google's partners. Equipped with your business acumen and extensive product knowledge, you are right on the front line of interacting with our partners, and helping them find ways to grow using Google's newest product offerings. Your knowledge of relevant verticals and relationships with key industry players will help shape our great applications and content for products such as YouTube, Google TV and Commerce. Workspace Ecosystem defines the common strategy for third party integration with our Workspace products and services. This includes managing data access at scale, balancing the differences between the interfaces for each product and ensuring we can protect user data, protect Workspace value and provide fair and useful access to Workspace services through integrated partner solutions. This covers everything from extending our current platforms (Marketplace, UI Kit, REST APIs, Workspace Add-ons, etc.) to defining and growing new interfaces (MCP, CLI, connectors, skills, etc.). We work across Workspace product teams to help align these efforts to a common framework and set of goals. The Principal Commercial Lead is the business owner driving ecosystem facilitate agreements, commercial strategy, and developer adoption for the Workspace Developer Platform. In this customer-facing role, you will operate at the intersection of Product Engineering, Go-To-Market (GTM) teams, and third-party developer networks. You will be responsible for cementing the commercial frameworks—including facilitate agreements, quota rules, and billing models—that recognize appropriate value of Workspace for third-party developers.

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: $176000 - $255000 (USD) + 20% bonus target

Learn more about benefits at Google. Responsibilities

  • Discuss and structure complex, high-value commercial and integration agreements with global Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and developer platform partners.

  • Collaborate with Enterprise Sales, Product Management, and Customer Success leaders to launch unified solution packages and programs.

  • Articulate trade-offs and impact, business cases, and pricing structures to close agreements effectively.

  • Act as the executive bridge translating technical platform capabilities into value propositions for third-party developers.

  • Manage platform marketplace guidelines, developer terms of service, and risk compliance in partnership with Legal teams.

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How this job compares

Set against the 20,439 open Business Development jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$176–255K/yr
  • California median$135–210K/yr2,119 salary ranges
  • US median$123–194K/yr14,378 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $216K, is 23% above the California median midpoint ($175K) — in the middle half of Business Development salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 2,527 open Business Development jobs in California and 20,439 across the US. 13% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience; Business Development postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (16,319 postings).
Education
6,454 of the 20,439 open Business Development jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 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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