About the job

The Business Strategy & Operations organization provides business critical insights using analytics, ensures cross functional alignment of goals and execution, and helps teams drive strategic partnerships and new initiatives forward. We stay focused on aligning the highest-level company priorities with effective day-to-day operations, and help evolve early stage ideas into future-growth initiatives.

As a Strategy and Operations Senior Associate, you will be part of a team providing project leadership to solve strategic questions in the g Tech organization. You will be required to develop solutions to complex, ambiguous, and high-visibility business problems and opportunities.

You will work in close partnership with g Tech teams and Strategy and Operations colleagues. You will lead and manage multiple workstreams, projects, and stakeholders across time zones on a global scale. You will be working with key partners across g Tech to lead and support a mix of strategic and operational projects. You will also support the development of plans and recommendations for global and regional projects.
The Go-to-Market Operations (GtM) team ensures Google's complex and ever-evolving Ads business runs smoothly. We are instrumental in setting go-to-market strategy, and ensuring flawless execution and operations against the strategy. We have teams embedded in each of the major Ads business areas as well as global teams that work across the business areas. Team members are analytical and strategic, with a pragmatic sense of how to get things done.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $124,000-$177,000 + 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

• Act as a trusted advisor to the business, supporting leaders on key strategic initiatives and building operational accuracy, helping chart out and fulfill big bets for the business in line with leadership’s strategic goals.

• Deliver strategic insights and recommendations based on business analyses to drive projects and initiatives forward.

• Manage strategic initiatives across multiple g Tech teams and engage Google-wide stakeholders when needed (e.g., projects that cross-product, Sales, Marketing, and Policy).

• Launch and land organizational change management plans for mid to long-term transformational initiatives.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 4 years of experience in a management consulting, sales operations, business strategy or corporate advisory role.

Preferred qualifications

• MBA or other advanced degree.

• Experience in implementing strategic and large-scale initiatives in a change-oriented, fast-moving environment, requiring a high degree of deadline-driven productivity.

• Experience with structuring strategic analysis and messaging using spreadsheets and presentations.

• Experience executing complex strategic and operational initiatives, with effective problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work with different team members to design processes and implement strategic projects that solve business problems.