Google

Performance Specialist, Retail, Large Customer Sales

Google$124K — $181K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in digital media, sales, marketing, or product roles.
  • Experience working with digital organizations.
  • Experience identifying customer strategy solutions and collaborating with senior leadership.
  • Deep retail industry expertise.
  • Client-facing experience managing senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Lead holistic performance strategies for Search and Shopping to boost account growth and retailer ROI.
  • Drive adoption of omni-channel solutions and optimize bidding strategies for high-volume retailers.
  • Act as a trusted advisor, converting complex data into actionable insights for clients.
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to enhance tools and implement Search solutions.
  • Utilize competitive selling techniques to promote Google's AI performance vision.

Benefits

  • Generous bonus target and equity options.
  • Supportive and innovative work environment at a leading tech company.
  • Collaboration with executives and industry leaders.
  • Opportunities for continuous professional development and growth.
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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; New York, NY, USA.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in digital media, sales, marketing, or product roles.
  • Experience working with digital organizations.
  • Experience identifying solutions to help customer strategy, and working with senior leadership.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Experience managing performance-based marketing campaigns and optimizing for specific business KPIs (e.g., ROAS, CPA, Profitability).
  • Experience working across Sales, Product, and Marketing teams to achieve unified strategic goals.
  • Ability to analyze large datasets for compelling storytelling alongside advanced knowledge of Google Ads, merchant center, and AI-powered bidding.
  • Deep retail industry expertise with the ability to look beyond immediate metrics to optimize the entire consumer buying experience.
  • Client-facing track record of managing senior stakeholders, driving competitive sales conversations, and influencing complex decision-making.


About the job

As a Performance Specialist for Retail, you will architect Search growth for our largest retail partners. Moving beyond product silos, you will manage the total "Search buying experience" by integrating Search/Text ads with visual Shopping and Inventory-led solutions.

You will lead retail into the age of Agentic Commerce, leveraging Google's AI products to solve business challenges and deliver outsized revenue growth. Serving as a strategic consultant, you will help partners navigate complex auction dynamics and seasonal peaks. From initial discovery to final conversion, you will identify untapped opportunities across the Search platform, ensuring partners capture the full value of every consumer journey.

Google's Large Customer Sales (LCS) teams are strategic partners and industry thought leaders to the world's leading brands and agencies. We continuously challenge how customers think about their business and how Google can support growth. We focus on helping these players navigate profound industry shifts and drive outsized business performance by competitively selling Google's full suite of advertising solutions across Search, YouTube, Measurement, and more. As a member of our LCS team, you'll have the unique opportunity to sell at the forefront of technology, collaborating with executives, influencing market-shaping strategies, and delivering tangible results that significantly impact major global businesses and drive the growth of Google.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $124000 - $181000 (USD) 60% bonus target bonus equity benefits

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Responsibilities
  • Lead holistic performance strategies unifying Search and Shopping to maximize account growth, efficiency, and data-driven retailer ROI.
  • Drive adoption of omni-channel solutions, merchant center optimizations, and advanced bidding strategies tailored for high-volume retailers.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to account teams and clients, translating complex data into actionable business insights and roadmaps.
  • Partner with product and engineering to influence future tools while orchestrating large-scale implementations for complex Search setups.
  • Be able to challenger-sell in competitive environments by leading with Google's "best AI for the best ROI" performance vision.


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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.
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