Analyst, Android Research and Insights

$117,000 - $172,000/Yr

Google - Mountain View, CA

Full-time

Mountain View, CA

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About the position

Product and Business Strategy Leaders at Google play a crucial role in uniting teams across various functions to ensure optimal execution of products. This position is pivotal in driving Google’s growth by refining products and infrastructure through efficient execution, sound business judgment, and effective collaboration across organizational lines. The responsibilities encompass strategic analysis, operational management, and communication, all aimed at enhancing product performance and user satisfaction. In this role, you will be tasked with creating and disseminating critical research and insights regarding users, markets, competitive landscapes, and key technologies. This information will be instrumental in shaping strategies and plans that align with Google's overarching business objectives. You will also support various executive business reviews across Android and Play, which involves outlining key questions, establishing metrics to track outcomes, and actively participating in discussions with executive leaders. Your engagement with senior leadership will require you to scope business problems, structure and execute analyses independently, and apply appropriate problem-solving techniques to present actionable recommendations. As Google is fundamentally an engineering company, the role demands a broad set of technical skills to tackle some of the most significant challenges in technology, ultimately impacting users globally. The position offers a competitive salary range, along with bonuses, equity, and comprehensive benefits, reflecting the value placed on the contributions made by team members.

Responsibilities

• Engage with a range of business stakeholders, understand business goals and market environment to develop hypothesis, execute research or analysis, and inform product and business strategies in partnership with cross-functional teams.
• Originate forward-looking insights for assigned product areas by collating internal and external research, combined with analysis of relevant user/device behavioral data, to synthesize into forecasts and opportunities for the product teams to invest in.
• Outline business performance metrics by monitoring business performance and competitive landscape, and support the creation of 'State of the Union' insights to key leaders and stakeholders.
• Develop compelling presentations for leadership on business challenges and opportunities, and be a subject matter expert on assigned products, features, and associated strategies.
• Influence a cross-functional team to take action on developed strategies, highlighted opportunities, and priorities based on research activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in management consulting, product management and strategy, or analytics in a technology company.
• 3 years of experience performing data analytics with SQL.
• Experience working with and analyzing data.

Nice-to-haves

• Advanced degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience managing multiple projects.
• Experience working with product and engineering teams.
• Experience with R, SQL, spreadsheets, or similar analytics tools.
• Ability to develop and validate hypothesis, apply inferential/causal techniques, build rudimentary statistical models as appropriate, to drive business recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $117,000-$172,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.