Strategy And Operations Manager, Ads Marketing, Bizops

Strategy And Operations Manager, Ads Marketing, Bizops

Strategy & Operations (S&O) professionals in Google's Marketing organization provide business critical insights and analytics, ensure cross-functional alignment of goals and execution, and help teams drive strategic partnerships and new initiatives forward. Whether you are embedded within a specific marketing team to use insights to enable better marketing decisions or the global S&O function to equip the organization to succeed at scale, you will engage with Google leadership in order to establish Marketing's strategic direction. You will manage planning and operational processes and work cross-functionally with key partners across Marketing, Product, Finance and Engineering to solve our toughest challenges, advocate for high-priority projects, and drive greater operational excellence within Marketing. To be successful in this role, you have a hypothesis-driven approach to problem solving, effective quantitative and communication skills, and the ability to take on broad-reaching and ambiguous questions while working collaboratively and cross-functionally with Googlers of all levels.

As a Strategy and Operations Manager, you will be part of the team that drives Ads Marketing Strategy development, elevates business performance, drives results, enables operational excellence, and acts as a key thought partner to the Ads Marketing executive team. You will manage key business operations initiatives to streamline, standardize, and optimize our processes and protocols for Ads Marketing Managers and leadership. You will work across operations, resource allocation, annual business planning, and program/project management to ensure our work is executed with precision, efficiency, and in alignment with Google's high standards. You will work with teams and collaborate cross-functionally with key leaders to solve our toughest challenges, lead high priority projects and drive greater operational excellence.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $113,000-$162,000 + 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in management consulting, operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, private equity or corporate advisory, or 2 years of experience with an advanced degree.
• 2 years of experience developing business strategies or managing cross-functional initiatives.
• 2 years of experience working with executive stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with investigative, problem-solving, quantitative analysis, and communicating findings to management.
• Experience in driving cross-functional projects and alignments in large organizations.
• Experience working in technology companies.
• Ability to develop, understand, and execute business strategies.
• Excellent problem-solving and analysis skills, with strong business judgment.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate across several Google Ads Marketing cross-functional partners and regional marketing teams to support marketing strategy and execution, with a focus on US GTM.
• Connect the dots across Ads Marketing functions to build executive-level marketing strategy and GTM presentations.
• Own key components of our strategy and annual planning processes, ranging from executive reviews, stakeholder coordination, workback planning and resource allocation.
• Support in executing US GTM strategies that lead to improved market success and customer impact.
• Design, collaborate and lead structured program management approaches for initiatives ranging from building unified plans to performance tracking.