Google

Strategy and Operations Analyst, YouTube Ads Go-to-Market

Google$124K — $177K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 4 years in management consulting, sales operations, business strategy, or corporate advisory
  • 3 years collaborating with executive stakeholders
  • Proficiency in SQL or data analytics tools

Responsibilities

  • Drive strategy for YouTube products targeting users, partners, and creators
  • Develop and execute go-to-market (GTM) plans and communication documents
  • Establish and track Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) for operational excellence
  • Conduct market intelligence analyses and create SQL dashboards for insights
  • Align cross-functional teams to implement change initiatives effectively

Benefits

  • Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match
  • 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at 6.15 hours per pay period for the first 5 years
  • 40 hours of sick time per year (increased for Seattle employees)
  • 28-30 weeks maternity leave for short-term disability
  • 18 weeks of baby bonding leave
  • 13 paid holidays per year
Full Job Description
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This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.

The application window will be open until at least October 6, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year


Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; San Bruno, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 4 years of experience in management consulting, sales operations, business strategy, or corporate advisory role.
  • 3 years of experience working with executive stakeholders.
  • Experience using SQL or data analytics tools deliver insights and recommendations.

Preferred qualifications:
  • 2 years of experience creating complex data sets, data modeling, and reporting.
  • 2 years of experience in advertising, consultative sales, business development, or a digital media environment.
  • Experience in consumer internet and media industries.
  • Experience with controlled experiments, causal studies, and communicating technical results to non-technical audiences.


About the job

The Business Strategy & Operations organization provides business critical insights using analytics, ensures cross functional alignment of goals and execution, and helps teams drive strategic partnerships and new initiatives forward. We stay focused on aligning the highest-level company priorities with effective day-to-day operations, and help evolve early stage ideas into future-growth initiatives.

As a part of The YouTube Ads Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy and Operations team, you will bridge the gap between YouTube Ads product teams and regional commercialization teams. Your mission is to fuel growth by scaling innovation to customers, creators, and viewers by translating global market needs into meaningful product solutions.

The Go-to-Market Operations (GtM) team ensures Google's complex and ever-evolving Ads business runs smoothly. We are instrumental in setting go-to-market strategy, and ensuring flawless execution and operations against the strategy. We have teams embedded in each of the major Ads business areas as well as global teams that work across the business areas. Team members are analytical and strategic, with a pragmatic sense of how to get things done.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $124000 - $177000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Drive hypothesis-driven business strategy for YouTube products across users, partners, and creators.
  • Develop GTM plans, execute communication documents, and lead experiments/trusted tester programs.
  • Establish operational excellence by setting and tracking Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and driving annual business planning.
  • Gather market intelligence and conduct analyses and modeling to develop insights and SQL-based dashboards.
  • Build actionable plans and roadmaps and align cross-functional stakeholders to drive successful implementation of change initiatives.


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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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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