Senior Associate, Strategy and Operations

Google; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 15,00,000 - 25,00,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Strategy and Operations Senior Associate in Gurugram to define and drive strategic priorities for gTech Ads. The role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams, delivering insights, and optimizing strategic partnerships. Ideal candidates should have a strong analytical background and experience in management consulting or business strategy. A bachelor's degree is required, with preferred experience in complex data analysis. The position offers a dynamic environment aimed at significant business transformation.

Qualifications

• 4 years of experience in management consulting, sales operations, business strategy, or related fields.
• 2 years of experience with advanced degree preferred.
• Experience in global or regional strategy and operations.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive strategic initiatives for gTech Ads.
• Work with cross-functional stakeholders for business analysis.
• Lead development and communication of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).

Skills

Analytical rigor

Excellent communication

Problem-solving

Program management

Data modeling

Stakeholder relationship management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Gurugram, Haryana, India; Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in management consulting, sales operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, private equity, or corporate advisory, or 2 years of experience with an advanced degree.

Preferred qualifications:

• 2 years of experience creating complex data sets, data modeling, and reports.
• 2 years of experience in advertising, consultative sales, business development, or in a digital media environment.
• Experience in global or regional strategy and operations, utilising key performance indicators to drive insights, results, and global impact.
• Experience in driving stakeholder relationships, to ensure alignment globally across broad cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, investigative-thinking, prioritization, and program management skills.

About The Job:

gTech’s Strategy and Operations team (gSO) is made up of strategic partners and trusted advisors that drive success and transformative changes for gTech. We create value through deep functional and business expertise combined with analytical rigor to formulate and deliver strategies. Using core capabilities ― strategy, analytics, and communications ― we empower gTech to do amazing things to land the present, and build for the future.

As a Strategy and Operations Senior Associate on the gSO Enablement team, you will drive critical strategic priorities for the gTech Ads business. You will facilitate cross-functional alignment, deliver business-critical insights through analytics, and foster strategic partnerships to launch new initiatives. Key to this is enhancing the gTech Ads and Product engagement model, specifically by optimizing the Market to Product feedback loop and streamlining the Product to Practitioner enablement flow.

This role requires developing and implementing strategies and solutions for complex, ambiguous, and high-visibility business problems. You will be instrumental in collaborating closely with the gTech Ads Enablement team to build and drive these solutions, influencing goal setting, and transforming early-stage ideas into future-growth initiatives. This is a direct opportunity to drive significant, multi-year business transformation.

Responsibilities:

• Define, structure, launch and drive strategic and operational initiatives for gTech Ads Enablement teams, while acting as a strategic thought partner to leadership.
• Work with cross-functional stakeholders and leaders to gather relevant information, context, and drive business analysis with effective project communication and management.
• Enable critical business decisions by working with cross-functional stakeholders and cross-pollinate learnings.
• Provide oversight and connectivity to business-focused standalone initiatives and remove roadblocks to execution, and eliminate conflicts.
• Lead Objectives and Key Results (OKR) development, tracking, and communication, partner with gTech Ads and gSO teams to define, align, and deliver joint OKRs, foster cross-functional alignment and informed decision-making.

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