Strategy and Operations Lead, Google Cloud

Google; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Strategy and Operations Lead to drive growth and operational excellence within their cloud division. This role involves collaborating with various teams to define strategic priorities, manage business activities, and ensure alignment with company goals. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in sales operations and management consulting, along with exceptional problem-solving skills. Join a dynamic team that empowers organizations to digitally transform and thrive in a rapidly evolving market. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact in a forward-thinking environment.

Qualifications

• 6 years of experience in go-to-market strategy and sales operations.
• Experience managing business activities and working with executive-level clients.

Responsibilities

• Partner with sales strategy to develop the organization’s strategy.
• Drive growth initiatives and establish operational cadence.

Skills

Go-to-market strategy

Sales operations

Management consulting

Financial modeling

SQL

Google Sheets

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or relevant advanced degree

Tools

Google Sheets

SQL

Looker

Job description

Strategy and Operations Lead, Google Cloud

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• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in go-to-market strategy, sales operations, strategy and operations, management consulting, finance, or program management.
• Experience managing business activities, such as annual business planning, headcount management, running business reviews, or goal setting.
• Experience working with executive-level clients or stakeholders.
  
  

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in go-to-market strategy, sales operations, strategy and operations, management consulting, finance, or program management.
• Experience managing business activities, such as annual business planning, headcount management, running business reviews, or goal setting.
• Experience working with executive-level clients or stakeholders.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• MBA or other relevant advanced degree.
• Experience leveraging problem solving skills (e.g., financial modeling, Google Sheets, SQL, Looker, etc.) to influence business leadership, measure outcomes, and evolve recommendations based on results.
• Experience tailoring and delivering compelling reporting and presentations by audience, asking strategic questions, and leading conversations that drive results and efficiencies.
  
  

About The Job

The Google Cloud Go-to-Market Strategy and Operations team acts as trusted advisors, partnering with Sales, Customer Engineering, Finance, Marketing, Partners and Google Cloud Consulting to plan, strategize, and run the business in a transformational way.

As a Strategy and Operations Manager for EMEA, you will be responsible for defining, landing and executing on our key strategic priorities to drive operational excellence, business growth, and productivity. You will be responsible for helping with planning, goal setting, territory design, expansion plans and managing the rhythm of the business activities. You will provide business insights, ensure cross-functional alignment, drive strategic partnerships, and execute new initiatives. The organization's goal is to align company priorities with day-to-day operations and evolve early-stage ideas into future growth initiatives.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Partner with UKI Regional Sales Strategy and Operations (RSO) to support leadership team to develop the organization’s strategy (including organization design, growth and business plan).
• Drive the business forward by developing/executing initiatives to accelerate growth and scale.
• Establish and shape the way we work, through operational cadence, content of reviews, improvement initiatives and metrics, insights and reporting.
• Support running business operations and business review cadences for the region.
• Measure progress against goals, be aware of gaps and develop/implement plans to bridge them.
  
  
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Sales, General Business, and Customer Service

• Industries

  Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet

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