Strategy and Operations Principal Lead, Chief of Staff

$174,000 - $261,000/Yr

Google - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

New York, NY

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About the position

The Strategy and Operations Principal Lead, Chief of Staff role at Google is a strategic advisory position that supports the President and collaborates closely with executive leadership. The role focuses on aligning organizational goals with effective operations, driving strategic partnerships, and evolving early-stage ideas into growth initiatives. The Principal Lead will manage cross-functional projects, ensuring smooth execution of the Ads business strategy and operations.

Responsibilities

• Understand how the organization functions and the direction of the organization that benefits Google and aligns with Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
• Run Office of the President operations, in partnership with Communications, Executive Business Partner (EBP) and Go-To-Market (GTM) leadership.
• Establish and run effective operating processes and tools that focus the Americas Large Customer Sales (ALCS) organization, prioritize topics that drive growth, customer and people success, enable quick and effective decision forums.
• Develop relationships across Americas Management Group (AMG) and help drive AMG alignment/agreement on key decisions in order to make the organization/leader as effective as possible.
• Identify key areas of focus, contextualize proposals, and engage the group on the journey.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners including POps, Marketing, Communications, Strategy and Operations, Sales and more, to drive a holistic strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in management consulting, sales operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, private equity, or corporate advisory, or 6 years of experience with an advanced degree.
• 5 years of experience supporting executive stakeholders.

Nice-to-haves

• MBA degree.
• Expertise in program management with the ability to lead multiple projects simultaneously, while maintaining exceptional attention to details.
• Ability to partner effectively on cross-functional projects or teams.
• Excellent people management skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams of all levels including executive audiences, and building trusted relationships.
• Excellent business judgment, problem-solving skills with the ability to simplify, frame and articulate the 'big picture' to executive audiences.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with bonus and equity options.
• Comprehensive health insurance coverage.
• Retirement savings plan with 401(k) options.
• Generous paid time off and holidays.
• Opportunities for professional development and continued education.