--- title: 'Program Director at Zencore' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/program-director-zencore-london-ca79hg19w04y' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # Program Director at Zencore - **Company:** Zencore - **Location:** London, United Kingdom - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-08-12 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/zencore/c0114a3c-c9db-4baa-8da0-79f3359d6d9a ## Job description Zencore was founded in 2021 by former Google Cloud leaders and engineers. We exist for one purpose: to reduce risk and ensure client success on Google Cloud. We are a Premier Google Cloud partner and a four-time Google Cloud Partner of the Year. Boutique model, global reach. Our teams are senior, our engagements move fast, and clients trust us with mission-critical cloud, data, and AI work. ## The Role The EMEA Program Director will own delivery outcomes across a portfolio of Google Cloud engagements. You will personally run one or two strategic programs. You will hire, develop, and lead the engagement management team. Clients will know you as the delivery executive who calls them before something becomes a problem. ## Qualifications - 10+ years leading complex technology programs, with 5+ years in professional services or systems integration. - Deep experience delivering cloud, data, and AI engagements. You have led migrations, data platform builds, and AI programs, and you can hold your own with architects and client CTOs. - Proven ownership of portfolio performance: margin, forecasting accuracy, utilization, and client health across concurrent engagements. - People management experience, including hiring and developing client-facing delivery leaders. - Pre-sales credibility: shaping solutions, presenting delivery approach, writing SOWs and change orders. - Executive presence with both client sponsors and engineers. You make the complex simple. - Experience leading remote, multi-geo teams. ## Preferred Qualifications - Google Cloud experience: time at Google, a Google Cloud partner, or hands-on delivery of Google Cloud workloads. - Google Cloud certifications (Professional Cloud Architect or equivalent) ## Responsibilities - Own delivery, governance, and successful execution across a portfolio of cloud, data, infrastructure, application development, and AI engagements. - Manage portfolio health and financial performance, including risk mitigation, budget, margin, forecasting, utilization, and change control. - Lead teams and strategic client engagements to deliver measurable business outcomes and ensure client success beyond the scope of the SOW. - Serve as executive delivery sponsor for key accounts. Build trusted relationships with client executives and act as the escalation point above the day-to-day team. - Work side by side with Google Cloud account teams and partner engineering to align on joint delivery and expansion. - Build, lead, and develop a high-performing delivery management team through hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development while maintaining Zencore's delivery standards. - Oversee global staffing, resource planning, and engagement leadership across the US, EMEA, and LATAM to ensure successful client delivery and business outcomes. - Own and continuously improve Zencore's delivery model, including methodology, governance, estimation, tooling, quality standards, and AI-enabled best practices. - Partner with executive leadership to develop scalable delivery processes, playbooks, and operating models that support business growth. Why work at Zencore? - We are professionals you can Trust. Our people have the extensive experience to get the job done - We share unbiased opinions and are comfortable with the hard truths. You are the subject matter experts for our customers. - We are the Missing Link. You will connect our customers to Google and move quickly when others can’t - We remove uncertainty and risk by clearly outlining the process of cloud migration for our customers - We accelerate timelines and do not dwell on a challenge. You’ll move faster and expose “unknown unknowns” for our customers - We show empathy. Our customers believe in us because we can relate to their complexities. How to succeed at Zencore? - First rule at Zencore - Be Kind - Own the process - own your customer’s success by proactive practices - Work hard to reach the destination, but make sure to enjoy the journey - Champion a consistent collaborative culture - Be receptive to any type of Feedback - Challenge the Status Quo We are a fully remote company and offer competitive compensation and benefits. Zencore is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Zencore is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. ## About Zencore ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Zencore is a cloud consulting and engineering firm led by former Google Cloud architects and engineers, specializing in guiding enterprises through Google Cloud migration, modernization, and AI/ML transformations. - **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped; no disclosed funding rounds) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States - **Founded**: 2021 (some sources mention 2020; LinkedIn lists 2021) - **Founders**: John Forstrom (CEO & Co-Founder), Guilhem Tesseyre (CTO & Co-Founder) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: IT Services and IT Consulting (cloud consulting) - **Target customers**: B2B enterprises migrating to or modernizing on Google Cloud, including fast-growing startups and large organizations. - **Mission/purpose**: “To help companies fully realize the promise of cloud through guidance rooted in experience” – enabling frictionless cloud adoption that unlocks innovation and growth. ## Products & Services - **Cloud Migration & Modernization**: End-to-end guidance for moving workloads to Google Cloud, including data and application modernization, with an opinionated, unbiased approach. - **Managed Cloud Services**: Ongoing support and optimization of Google Cloud environments, leveraging deep insider knowledge of Google’s ecosystem. - **Data & Analytics Engineering**: Building scalable data pipelines, databases, and analytics solutions on GCP. - **AI/ML & Generative AI**: Consulting and implementation of AI workflows, LLMs, LangChain, and Streamlit applications. - **Cloud Security & Infrastructure**: Architecture reviews, security best practices, and infrastructure automation for Google Cloud. - **Embedded Engineering Teams**: Co-development model where Zencore engineers work side-by-side with customer teams to accelerate delivery. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available - **Key Metric**: Headcount ~48 employees (as of Sept 2026), monthly growth +1.5%, yearly LinkedIn follower growth +29.6% - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Google Cloud Premier Partner - **Growth Signals**: - Consistently hiring across multiple roles (Software Engineer, Principal Architect AI/ML, Sales Directors, etc.) - Expanding into new regions (Nordics/Benelux, UK, LATAM) - Growing LinkedIn presence (+29.6% year-over-year) - High employer rating: 4.1/5.0 (10 reviews), with strong work-life balance (4.4) and culture (4.0) ## Competitive Advantages - **Ex-Google DNA**: Founded by former Google Cloud leaders and engineers, giving them insider knowledge of Google’s platform, roadmap, and best practices. - **Singular Focus**: Concentrates entirely on Google Cloud, unlike fragmented multi-cloud partners, allowing deeper expertise and faster outcomes. - **Opinionated, Unbiased Guidance**: Recommends open-source or alternative solutions when they fit better, not tied to vendor agendas. - **Fully Remote & Distributed**: Operates as a remote-first company since day one, with teammates across North America and Europe, enabling access to top global talent. ## Strategic Focus - **Deepen Google Cloud Specialization**: Continue to lead in migration, modernization, and AI/ML on GCP. - **Expand AI/ML Capabilities**: Actively hiring Principal Architects for AI/ML and investing in Generative AI workflows. - **Scale Sales & Geographic Reach**: Opening regional sales director roles in Nordics/Benelux and UK to grow European presence. - **Maintain High Engineering Standards**: Emphasis on “execution clarity, engineering rigor and service maturity” to deliver secure, right-first-time migrations. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: “First rule at Zencore – Be Kind.” Collaborative, feedback-driven environment that champions empathy and ownership. - **Remote & Flexible**: Fully distributed since Employee #1, with teammates across North America and Europe. Work from home, co-working spaces, or “workcations” allowed. - **Compensation & Benefits**: - Competitive salaries - Medical, dental, and vision insurance at no cost for employees - Unlimited vacation (paid) - 401k with pre-tax contributions - Continuing professional development support - **Engineering Culture**: Work with cutting-edge cloud technologies (Kubernetes, AI/LLMs, data systems) and collaborate directly with customers as a trusted advisor. - **Growth Opportunities**: Rapidly growing company with opportunities to take ownership, shape solutions, and advance your career in cloud engineering. ## Sources 1. [zencore.dev/about](https://zencore.dev/about/) 2. [zencore.dev/careers](https://zencore.dev/careers/) 3. [linkedin.com/company/zencoregroup](https://linkedin.com/company/zencoregroup) 4. [jobs.lever.co/zencore](https://jobs.lever.co/zencore) 5. 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