Google

Strategy Manager, Workspace Strategy and Operations

Google$142K — $205K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 6 years in management consulting, operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital or private equity; or 4 years with an advanced degree.
  • 3 years working with executive stakeholders.
  • 2 years developing business strategies or managing cross-functional initiatives.
  • Experience in business strategy, stakeholder management, research, financial analysis, and executive communication.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and support strategic initiatives across Workspace, developing recommendations for the leadership team.
  • Deliver on multiple strategy projects through research, analysis, and stakeholder management.
  • Develop a strategic narrative encompassing all Workspace business components such as GTM execution and M&A.
  • Synthesize and communicate decisions between executive management and the broader organization.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • 20 days of vacation per year
  • 40 hours of sick time per year, with increases for Seattle employees
  • 28-30 weeks of maternity leave
  • 18 weeks of baby bonding leave
  • 13 paid holidays per year
Full Job Description
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X 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


Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 6 years of experience in a management consulting, operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital or private equity role, or 4 years of experience with an advanced degree.
  • 3 years of experience working with executive stakeholders.
  • 2 years of experience developing business strategies or managing cross-functional initiatives.
  • Experience in business strategy, stakeholder management, research, financial analysis, executive communication.

Preferred qualifications:
  • MBA or Master's degree.
  • Experience with analytical problem-solving, quantitative analysis, and communicating findings to executive management.
  • Ability to develop and understand strategy.
  • Ability to work in ambiguous, fast-changing environments.
  • Ability to work across teams, build relationships, and influence executives.


About the job

Google Workspace by Google Cloud is an AI productivity suite that is revolutionizing the way people communicate and work with one another. The mission of the Google Workspace team is to meaningfully connect people so they can create, build and grow together. The business is large, fast growing, and looking to accelerate against a backdrop of favorable social, work, and technological trends, particularly the shift toward AI-first work and agentic collaboration.

The Google Workspace Strategy team is responsible for identifying impactful growth opportunities, evaluating market expansion plays, tracking external trends and competitors (especially in the rapidly evolving AI landscape), and analyzing critical aspects of the business.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $142,000-$205,000 bonus equity benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Manage and support strategic initiatives across Workspace, developing recommendations to the leadership team by analyzing strategic questions, developing and analyzing data, identifying priorities, and aligning with cross-functional partners across engineering, product, Merger and Acquisitions (M&A), partnerships, customer experience, marketing, and sales.
  • Deliver on multiple strategy projects including research and analysis, drafting strategy documents and presentation materials, stakeholder management, communicating findings or recommendations to leadership, and landing the project team's work.
  • Develop an understanding and strategic narrative across all components of the Workspace business and in particular areas (e.g., Go-To-Market (GTM) execution, pricing, product launches, M&A, etc.).
  • Synthesize and communicate decisions between executive management and the broader organization to ensure strategy and priority alignment.


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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