Frontier AI Strategy Principal, DeepMind

Mountain View, CA, US Until 8/22/2026 2+ years exp First posted May 27, 2026 Last posted May 27, 2026
Job description

About the Job

Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.

We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offers learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $284,000-$316,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with DeepMind teams (e.g., Research, Product, Science, and other cross-functional groups) to accelerate paths to impact for DeepMind Research. Build trusted relationships across DeepMind to deliver outsized collective impact.
  • Drive strategic, business, commercialization, productization analysis and insights across a variety of AI-native domains. Ensure timely, impactful, and quality delivery.
  • Translate into clear recommendations and deliver with influence and credibility to DeepMind’s executives on pivotal decisions.
  • Execute through to delivery of demonstrable impact, which will require this person to show up at all times with curiosity, intellectual rigour, honesty, respect and humility.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 13 years of experience in business and product strategy.
  • 2 years of Frontier AI experience.

Preferred qualifications:

  • PhD.
  • Experience in business generation and pricing strategy.
  • Experience with managing senior stakeholders, demonstrating the ability to work cross-functionally and collaboratively across the organizational groups.
  • Experience as an entrepreneur.
  • Experience driving successful "0 to 1" new product launches.
  • Ability to be responsive and resilient to difficult, ambiguous and sometimes changing objectives.
About this role

Summary

Lead strategic initiatives for frontier AI, influence executive decisions, drive product impact and innovation.

Job title

Frontier AI Strategy Principal, DeepMind

Experience level

13+ years

Minimum experience

2+ years exp

Industry

technology

Location requirements

Mountain View, CA, USA; remote not specified

Salary

$284k–$316k

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

business strategyproduct strategystakeholder managementAIdeep learning

Preferred skills

PhDbusiness generationpricing strategyentrepreneurshipproduct launch

Specializations

AIstrategybusinessproductdeep learning
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Mountain View, CA, USA

Work arrangement unknown City