Strategy and Operations Senior Associate

• Lead cross-functional projects and initiatives from beginning to end, liaising across Go-to-Market Operations, Sales Finance and Product. Drive execution of time-critical workstreams by quickly understanding context and developing a prioritized approach for resolution.
• Be a partner to a Global Product Area, advising on product and go-to-market sales strategy, and ensuring operational excellence.
• Lead planning and development of key metrics to track progress on Global Business Organization (GBO) priorities throughout the year in quarterly executive meetings such as steering committee meetings and business reviews with Google's Chief Business Officer.
• Identify and pursue opportunities for streamlined go-to-market operations (e.g., team structure, OKRs, executive-facing narratives) based on regional and channel trends or market feedback.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 4 years of experience in management consulting, sales operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, or corporate advisory, or 2 years of experience with an advanced degree.

Preferred qualifications:

• 4 years of experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, product management, finance, or sales operations.
• 2 years of experience in Search or App advertising.
• Experience executing operational initiatives.
• Experience in demonstrating business acumen.
• Ability to navigate and influence different stakeholders within a business environment.
• Excellent Communication and Teamwork skills, with the ability to be personable yet persistent.

You will be a critical thought partner to executive leaders in the Global Product Solutions org, a product expert group that acts as the single voice from Sales to Product and shapes product direction. You will be responsible for helping bring-to-market our performance advertising products across Google Ads.

You will also lead a cross-functional team that collaborates across Global Product Solutions, Product, Marketing, Sales, and Finance to provide strategies, operational planning, and analytical insights that enable the commercialization of new and existing features, influence product prioritization, and support the Sales organization to deliver against our product adoption goals.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.

This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.

Applicants in the County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 4 years of experience in management consulting, sales operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, or corporate advisory, or 2 years of experience with an advanced degree.