Google Workspace and Gemini Enterprise Architect - Remote

Role Summary

GM is undergoing a large-scale enterprise transformation to Google Workspace and Gemini Enterprise across 150,000+ users, including migration from Microsoft 365, modernization of collaboration systems, and implementation of AI-enabled workflows.

The Technical Transformation Lead will serve as the chief internal architecture authority and technical integrator for this transformation program. This role ensures GM maintains control over target architecture, integration patterns, security posture, and long-term platform design across all workstreams.

This is a senior technical leadership role accountable for ensuring that vendor execution aligns to GM’s enterprise architecture, security, and operational standards.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture Ownership

Define and own the end-state Google Workspace + Gemini + identity architecture

Establish architectural principles for:

Email, calendar, and collaboration systems

Google Drive / SharePoint replacement strategy

Identity integration (Entra ID / SSO / provisioning)

Data governance and retention (Vault / Purview coexistence)

AI enablement (Gemini Enterprise and agentic capabilities)

Ensure architecture is scalable, supportable, and aligned with GM’s enterprise standards

Technical Governance & Decision Authority

Serve as GM’s technical approver for all major design decisions

Review and approve all:

Migration strategies and wave plans

Identity and directory synchronization models (GCDS, Entra ID integration)

Security configurations (DLP, CAA, Assured Controls)

Data migration tooling and patterns

Work transformation approaches (Apps Script, AppSheet, workflow redesign)

Chair or co-chair Architecture & Design Review Board for the program

Vendor Technical Management

Act as GM’s primary technical counterpart to Insight, Google, and any additional partners

Ensure vendor proposals align to GM’s target architecture and do not introduce long-term lock-in or fragmentation

Challenge and validate vendor assumptions, designs, and implementation approaches

Ensure clear separation between:

Vendor execution responsibility

GM architectural authority

Integration & Platform Strategy

Define integration patterns across:

Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace

Legacy Microsoft systems during coexistence

Third-party enterprise applications (ServiceNow, SAP, Databricks, etc.)

Ensure consistent approach to authentication, authorization, and data access

Define long-term platform consolidation strategy across collaboration and AI systems

AI & Gemini Enterprise Enablement

Define technical guardrails for Gemini Enterprise deployment

Approve connector strategy, data access boundaries, and agent development frameworks

Partner with security and legal to ensure safe adoption of AI capabilities

Align AI use cases with enterprise data governance model

Risk, Compliance & Security Alignment

Partner with CISO organization to ensure:

Secure coexistence between Microsoft and Google ecosystems

Proper handling of eDiscovery, Purview, and Google Vault

Compliance with ITAR, DFARS, and internal GM policies

Identify architectural risks early and define mitigation strategies

Program Technical Leadership

Provide technical direction across all transformation workstreams:

Messaging & collaboration migration

SharePoint Google Drive transformation

Identity and provisioning

Security and compliance architecture

AI enablement and automation

Ensure consistency across all technical designs and implementation waves

Key Interfaces

CIO / Enterprise IT Leadership

CISO and Security Architecture teams

Legal / eDiscovery leadership

Data & Analytics teams

Workstream owners (collaboration, identity, AI, etc.)

External partners (Insight, Google, and others

Success Metrics

Approved and stable enterprise target architecture

Successful migration waves executed without architectural rework

No unmanaged vendor-driven design drift

Stable identity and security integration across ecosystems

Successful Gemini Enterprise deployment aligned to governance model

Clear, documented path for long-term platform consolidation

Ideal Background

10–15+ years in enterprise architecture, infrastructure, or platform engineering leadership

Experience with large-scale cloud migrations (100k+ users preferred)

Strong background in identity, collaboration platforms, or security architecture

Experience with Microsoft 365 and/or Google Workspace at enterprise scale

Familiarity with AI platforms, data governance, and enterprise integration patterns

Prior experience in global transformation or systems integration programs strongly preferred

Why this role exists (important framing for internal alignment)

This role ensures that GM retains architectural control of its collaboration and AI platforms during one of its largest enterprise transformations, preventing fragmentation across vendors and ensuring long-term platform sustainability, security, and cost efficiency.