Strategy and Operations Lead

$142,000 - $211,000/Yr

Google - San Francisco, CA

Full-time

San Francisco, CA

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About the position

The GCS Sales and Strategy teams at Google are responsible for providing critical business insights through analytics, ensuring alignment of goals across functions, and driving strategic partnerships and initiatives. This role focuses on aligning high-level company priorities with day-to-day operations, evolving early-stage ideas into growth initiatives, and supporting small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to foster innovation and success. Team members are expected to be analytical, strategic, and results-oriented, working closely with company owners to make a significant impact on their businesses.

Responsibilities

• Draw interpretable insights from sophisticated business analyses and advanced modeling.
• Help organize and facilitate core business planning, operating cadences, and leadership engagement to achieve organizational outcomes.
• Define comprehensive sales, product or business strategies that solve complex business challenges and address the needs of customers and stakeholders across various functions to drive incremental growth.
• Perform comprehensive research and analysis on market trends, customer behaviors and competitive positions to identify opportunities to scale operations and drive maximum value for the business.
• Deliver polished presentations with data-driven insights and a strategic narrative to influence executives to adopt recommended strategies.
• Define actionable plans and roadmaps, align cross-functional stakeholders and lead successful implementation of large and complex change initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in management consulting, sales operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, private equity, or corporate advisory, or 4 years of experience with an advanced degree.
• 3 years of experience working with executive stakeholders.
• 2 years of experience developing business strategies or managing cross-functional initiatives.

Nice-to-haves

• MBA or Master's degree.
• 2 years of experience generating insights from analysis on large data sets to drive business decisions.
• Experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders across organizational boundaries.
• Experience in advertising, consultative sales, business development, or a digital media environment for a complex organization.
• Structured problem solving skills, combined with strong business acumen.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to take complex, ambiguous topics and turn them into compelling narratives for different audiences.

Benefits

• Base salary range of $142,000-$211,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.