Google

Strategy and Operations Lead, Global Product Solutions

Google$152K — $221K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 6 years in management consulting, sales operations, business strategy, or corporate advisory
  • 5 years working with executive stakeholders
  • MBA degree preferred
  • 2 years in advertising, consultative sales, business development, or a digital environment
  • 2 years creating complex data sets, data modeling, and reporting

Responsibilities

  • Act as thought partner to the VP of Cross Product Solutions for optimal business operations
  • Manage OpEx and headcount for the Cross Product Solutions organization
  • Prepare for team offsites, town halls, and manager roundtables
  • Establish and grow team culture with the VP and People Operations
  • Lead annual planning and develop key metrics (OKRs) for GBO and GTM priorities
  • Identify opportunities for streamlined go-to-market operations based on market feedback

Benefits

  • Flexibility in working location from various US cities
  • Equity benefits
  • 15% target bonus
  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs
  • Learning and development opportunities
Full Job Description
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X Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.

Applicants in the County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

The application window will be open until at least September 16, 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: New York, NY, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 6 years of experience in a management consulting, sales operations, business strategy or corporate advisory role.
  • 5 years of experience working with executive stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications:
  • MBA degree.
  • 2 years of experience in advertising, consultative sales, business development, or a digital media environment.
  • 2 years of experience creating complex data sets, data modeling, and reporting.


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.

The Global Product Solutions Strategy and Operations team partners closely with each Global Product Solutions (GPS) leadership team and the regional go-to-market (GTM) teams to drive strategic initiatives end-to-end for GBO. The team's job to be done ranges from running point on the GPS annual strategy planning process, defining and aligning product objective key results (OKR) metrics to steer the Ads business with, prepping product-specific business forecast meeting executive reviews and product-specific steering committee reviews with cross-functional business and product leaders, and one-off, product-centric strategy projects to drive high-impact outcomes in service of product positioning and activation.

In this role, you will be partner to the Vice President, GPS of Cross Product Solutions (XPS) and their leadership team, a product expert group that acts as the single voice from Sales to Product and shapes product direction. You will be accountable and responsible for leading effective business operations for the XPS team and driving the organization mission and culture.

You will lead annual planning, OKR definition and target setting for the XPS VP. Throughout the year, you will manage the headcount and opex for the organization, establish and drive organization wide culture and learning efforts and help prioritize decisions for central go-to-market initiatives to speed up the product to market feedback loop.
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: $152000 - $221000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

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Responsibilities
  • Be the thought partner to the VP of Cross Product Solutions (XPS) for running efficient and optimal business operations for the XPS organization.
  • Manage the business operations for the Cross Product Solutions (XPS) organization including OpEx and headcount management, preparing for team offsites and monthly town halls and manager roundtables.
  • Partner with the VP of Cross Product Solutions (XPS) and People Operations to establish and grow the team culture for the XPS organization.
  • Lead annual planning and development of key metrics (OKRs) to track progress on GBO, GTM and XPS priorities throughout the year.
  • Identify and pursue opportunities for streamlined go-to-market operations (e.g., team structure, OKRs, executive-facing narratives) based on regional and channel trends/market feedback.


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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