Manager, News Partnerships Strategy and Operations

Google; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in London is looking for a Strategy and Operations Manager to lead a team in managing partnerships for news products. This role involves driving operational excellence, coordinating with various teams, and delivering strategic insights across commercial and regulatory topics with significant impact. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in management consulting and strong leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, strategy and operations, or equivalent.
• 2 years of experience working with executive stakeholders.
• MBA preferred.
• 2 years of experience in people management.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Strategy and Operations associates/leads.
• Drive key decisions and escalations, and operationalize strategic initiatives.
• Align global and regional strategies into operating cadences for News Partnerships.
• Act as a thought partner on regulatory and commercial topics.
• Coordinate with Google teams to further EMEA News Partnership objectives.

Job description

Overview

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Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, strategy and operations, or equivalent.
• 2 years of experience working with executive stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications

• MBA
• 2 years of experience in people management.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

About the job

News Partnerships (NP) manages partnerships for Google's News products and programs. The EMEA Strategy and Operations team works with the News Partnerships EMEA leadership team to develop partnership strategies, build and align operating priorities, and drive global execution.

In this role, you will lead a team of strategy and operations leads and own Chief of Staff functions for the EMEA News Partnerships. You will be accountable for delivering operational excellence on key processes across News Partnership in EMEA and the delivery of strategic insights across a broad array of commercial and regulatory partnerships topics.

Google's Global Partnerships team powers extraordinary user experiences through partnerships that solve users' needs, advance our partners' goals, and further Google's mission. Our team provides meaningful solutions - from helping publishers and developers grow their businesses through monetization solutions, to helping our long-term partners anticipate and navigate change in a way that delivers economic and reputational value. We build and distribute products through partnerships across a multitude of product areas, including Ads, Search & Assistant, Geo, Platforms & Ecosystems, Devices & Services, Health, Retail, Payments, Next Billion Users, and more. We collaborate across Google, ensuring a coordinated approach when engaging with our most complex and strategic partners.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Strategy and Operations associates/leads.
• Triage and drive key decisions and escalations, and drive the operationalization of strategic initiatives.
• Work with the team to align global and regional strategies, and translate them into operating cadences and key processes for News Partnerships (e.g., OKRs, QBRs).
• Drive strategy by being a thought partner on regulatory and commercial topics and initiatives, as well as organizational health and design topics.
• Coordinate with a variety of Google teams (e.g., Product, gTech, Finance, Legal, and other partnerships teams) to further EMEA news Partnership Strategic objectives.