Google

Spend Manager, gUp

Google$136K — $196K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 7 years in customer-facing roles focused on spend management or procurement operations.
  • 7 years of experience in data analysis to generate business insights.
  • 7 years developing operational process solutions with cross-functional teams.
  • MBA or Master's degree in a related field or CSCMP certification preferred.
  • Experience in data center equipment environments or computer component manufacturing preferred.
  • Knowledge of SQL and Six Sigma or relevant operations coursework preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement end-to-end spend governance frameworks and SOPs.
  • Define RACI matrices, compliance thresholds, and operational review schedules.
  • Conduct governance audits and compliance reviews to ensure financial policy adherence.
  • Curate and maintain centralized playbooks, process maps, and guidance materials.
  • Develop and scale a curriculum on the spend lifecycle and tooling.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for preference in work location between Boulder, CO, and Sunnyvale, CA.
  • Broad exposure to high-level financial compliance practices.
  • Engagement with cross-functional teams including Finance and Operations.
  • Development of strategic frameworks that influence company-wide spending controls.
  • Potential career growth in a leadership-oriented role focused on operational excellence.
Full Job Description
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X The application window will be open until at least September 25, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Boulder, CO, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 7 years of experience in a customer or client-facing role supporting spend management, procurement operations, financial governance, or business operations.
  • 7 years of experience analyzing data and generating business insights.
  • 7 years of experience developing operational process solutions and working with cross-functional teams to implement these changes.

Preferred qualifications:
  • MBA or Master's degree in a related field or CSCMP certification.
  • 7 years of experience using data analysis to drive decision making.
  • Experience in data center equipment environments or computer component manufacturing.
  • Experience developing, maintaining, and governing complex hierarchical spend taxonomies.
  • Experience designing and curating centralized knowledge assets and structured change logs for policy updates.
  • Knowledge of SQL, analytics and Operations Six Sigma certification or other relevant operations coursework.


About the job
The Spend Manager (Spend Governance) oversees and standardizes controls across the complete spend lifecycle to drive financial compliance, operational excellence, and reporting integrity. In this role, you will spend taxonomy lifecycle management, manage escalations for policy exceptions, enforce automated spend data hygiene routines, and eliminate misaligned or duplicate spend. Partnering cross-functionally with Finance, gSO, Operations, and Analytics teams, you will empower budget owners to navigate spend workflows effectively.

Responsibilities
  • Design, implement, and maintain end-to-end spend governance frameworks and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
  • Define cross-functional RACI matrices, compliance thresholds, and operational review cadences.
  • Conduct recurring governance audits and compliance reviews to track adherence to financial policies.
  • Curate, structure, and maintain centralized spend playbooks, process maps, and guidance materials.
  • Develop and scale a comprehensive curriculum covering the spend lifecycle and spend tooling.


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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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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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