About the job

Product and Business Strategy Leaders bring together teams across Google’s functions to help products execute optimally. Our team pushes Google to scale at key points that refine our products and infrastructure by executing efficiently, bringing solid business sense and sound judgment, and working effectively across organizational lines.

Our roles often include components of strategy (e.g. analyzing and understanding new trends in the industry, building business plans), operations (e.g. running the cadence of organizations, connecting the operating lines between our functions), and communications. Our team partners with senior leadership to run important functions that cross-cut our existing organizations and deliver high impact projects. We help Engineers, PMs, UX, and all of our other functions to build amazing products that delight our users, and then get those products into their hands.

The Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Strategy and Operations team works on complex and ambiguous strategic challenges facing Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You will operate at the intersection of product strategy, analytics, and business operations to drive quantifiable impact across the GKE.

In this role, you will take an analytical approach to solve complex problems often lacking clear precedent and deliver insights that drive significant business value for Google Cloud.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $171,000-$254,000 + 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

• Support end-to-end execution of key growth initiatives partnering with product, engineering, sales and partnerships (e.g., accelerating growth through ISVs, customer events).

• Define and manage processes needed to operationalize strategic initiatives such as maintaining optimized utilization of technical infrastructure or defining the critical customer metrics to measure success.

• Execute data-driven projects focused on product strategy, business performance, and growth drivers for GKE.

• Partner with Sales on the operating cadence of the GKE business through monthly business reviews, forecast calls, and other initiatives.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 11 years of experience in management consulting, product management and strategy, or analytics in a technology company.

• Experience working with and analyzing data, and managing multiple cross-functional programs or projects.

• Experience with go-to-market strategy.

• Experience with product strategy or enterprise sales for Cloud.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD.

• Experience with R, SQL, spreadsheets, or similar analytics tools.

• Experience working with product and engineering teams.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.