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Five9 is seeking a Principal Solutions Consultant to serve as the dedicated technical partner SC for our strategic partnership with Google. This role is critical to the success of the Google Five9 partnership and will function as the technical authority for the Five9–Google joint solution.
This individual will operate at the intersection of AI, cloud infrastructure, integrations, and enterprise contact center architecture, supporting Google sellers, Google-authorized partners, and Five9 Sales and Product teams. The ideal candidate brings technical leadership and hands-on expertise, and can translate technology into value for partners and customers.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Ownership of the Five9–Google Joint Solution
- Serve as the technical subject-matter expert for product integrations and architectural touchpoints between Five9 and Google GECX.
- Own a deep understanding of how Five9 integrates with Google’s GECX AI and contact center portfolio, with particular emphasis on:
- Google Customer Engagement Suite (CES) / Google Enterprise for Customer Experience (GECX)
- Google Contact Center AI (CCAI)
- Maintain hands-on knowledge of joint capabilities, constraints, roadmap dependencies, and integration patterns across both platforms.
Google AI, Contact Center & Platform Expertise
- Act as the technical authority on how Google GECX AI services enhance the Five9 platform, including conversational AI, agent assist, analytics, transcription, automation, and routing intelligence.
- Stay current on Google’s AI and platform roadmap, proactively identifying:
- New integration opportunities
- Competitive differentiation
- Technical risks or gaps impacting GTM execution
- Help shape Five9’s point of view on Google AI adoption within enterprise contact centers.
Infrastructure, Architecture & Integrations
- Own the end-to-end technical architecture of the Five9–Google joint solution, including:
- Cloud infrastructure considerations
- Data flows and APIs
- Identity and access management
- Security, compliance, and scalability
- Provide expert guidance on integration design, deployment models, and enterprise-grade architecture for partners and customers.
- Act as a trusted advisor during solution validation, proof-of-concepts, and technical design reviews.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Responsible for understanding and being able to present on all aspects of product integrations between Five9 & Google GECX.
- Responsible for technical partner enablement for core set of Google authorized resellers that are creating GTM plans with Five9 + Google.
- Must be able to articulate technical value proposition at the “C” staff level showing business outcomes associated with technology deployments.
- Must be able to demo the integrated Joint Solution between Five9 & Google GECX.
- Must be able to work closely with Sales and Sales SC teams on key pursuits and participate in end customer meetings to help validate & move the technical components of the sale forward.
- Will be responsible for working closely with both product teams to hit targeted timelines for product integrations and full stack demo capabilities for partners and customers pursuits.
- Specific Google Cloud Certifications (e.g., Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architector Professional Machine Learning Engineer).
- Years of experience in CCaaS, AI/ML, or cloud infrastructure.
- Experience with API integrations, conversational AI design, or cloud networking.
Work Location: This role is fully remote for candidates who reside outside the 50 mile radius of our San Ramon office. For candidates who reside within 50 miles of our San Ramon location, this role is Hybrid and would require 3 days a week (M, W, TH) in our San Ramon office.
As part of our continued commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, Five9 supports pay transparency during the entire recruitment process. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate including, but not limited to: skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the job across the United States. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation package during your hiring process.
Additionally, the total compensation package for this position may also include an annual performance bonus, stock, and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans.
Our total reward package also includes:
- Health, dental, and vision coverage, beginning on the first day of employment. Five9 covers 100% of the employee portion of the health, dental and vision coverage and shares a high portion of the dependent cost. We also offer Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance, and a 401k saving plan with employer matching.
- Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.
- Generous employee stock purchase plan.
- Paid Time Off, Company paid holidays, paid volunteer hours and 12 weeks paid parental leave.
All compensation and benefits are subject to the requirements and restrictions set forth in the applicable plan documents and any written agreements between the parties.
Five9 embraces diversity and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better we are. Five9 is an equal opportunity employer.
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Note: Five9 will never request that an applicant send money as a prerequisite for commencing employment with Five9.
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