Google

Business Operations and Planning Manager

Google$141K — $205K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 6 years in project or operations management
  • 4 years in consulting, business strategy, or finance-related fields
  • 3 years developing business strategies in procurement operations

Responsibilities

  • Partner with GPO Directors to align strategic goals with GPO strategy
  • Lead cross-GPO initiatives from planning to execution and reporting
  • Manage annual planning processes for resources and budgets
  • Analyze performance data to provide actionable insights
  • Optimize resource allocation and ensure operational accuracy

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • 15% target bonus potential
  • Equity options
  • Support for professional development
  • Flexible work location choices
Full Job Description
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X Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Chicago, IL, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 6 years of experience in project management, operations management, or related fields
  • 4 years of experience in management consulting, operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, private equity
  • 3 years of experience developing business strategies or managing cross-functional initiatives related to procurement operations, strategy, enablement or transformation

Preferred qualifications:
  • MBA
  • Experience in driving AI-enabled operational efficiency, including deploying AI levers, process mapping automation, or digital knowledge bases to streamline workflows
  • Ability to mine data and analytics to deliver reporting, insights and recommendations
  • Exceptional communication, advisory, and leadership skills, with a proven ability to collaborate with executive leadership to translate complex strategic objectives into execution plans
  • Excellent process and project management skills, with the ability to build structured frameworks, standardize key business forums, and identify and escalate operational inefficiencies
  • Proven track record of managing large-scale budgets and headcount systems


About the job

Within the Google Procurement Organization, the Business Operations & Planning (BizOps & Planning) team serves as the operational backbone of GPO, unifying and empowering the organization by transforming strategic objectives into action. Our mission is to elevate the GPO through a foundation of standardized excellence, providing AI-driven process optimization, and standardized and bespoke operational tools to ensure optimal resource use and deliver actionable intelligence to every partner, every day.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $141000 - $205000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Act as business partner with GPO Directors to understand the organization's strategic goals, drive OKRs, and ensure alignment with overall GPO strategy.
  • Collaborate on lead cross-GPO business critical initiatives from structuring and implementation, to program management and accurate reporting.
  • Own and drive critical elements of E2E business cadence from annual planning for FTE, Opex, T&E, OKR process.
  • Analyze and interpret data to provide insights into performance; highlighting key metrics, trends, and actionable recommendations.
  • Work with leadership to optimize resource allocation, including FTE, budgeting, and systems/tools resources. Bring operational accuracy through efficient tracking and reporting (OKRs, budgets, targets).


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
Learn more about Google
Size
156,500 employees
Market Cap
$1,115.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+23.3%
Revenue
$182.5 billion
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