Strategy and Operations Lead, gtech Ads

Google; Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's gTech Ads division is seeking a Strategy and Operations leader to shape go-to-market and operational plans at a global scale. You will partner with VPs and Directors to ensure flawless execution aligned with long-term goals.

Lead annual business planning, OKR setting and performance tracking, and drive cross-functional programs with data-driven insights and strong analytical skills. The role supports a hybrid work model with preferred locations in Hyderabad or Gurugram, India,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience required.
• 6+ years in go-to-market strategy, sales operations, strategy and operations, consulting, finance, or program management.
• Experience with core business operations (annual planning, headcount, business reviews, target setting).
• Experience with data analysis and data-driven insights.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted advisor to VPs and Directors, aligning operations with strategic goals.
• Drive global business operations planning, OKR setting, and performance tracking.
• Lead and manage cross-functional strategic and operational projects.
• Act as GTM lead to global teams, coordinating metrics and insights.
• Plan and execute efficiency initiatives across stakeholders.

Skills

Go-to-market strategy

Sales operations

Strategy and operations

Management consulting

Finance

Program management

Executive stakeholder management

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

MBA or other relevant advanced degree

Tools

Python

LLM APIs

Prompting frameworks

Job description

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

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 with core business operations (e.g., annual business planning, headcount management, running business reviews, or target setting).
• Experience working with executive-level clients or stakeholders.
• Experience with data analysis, and in generating data-driven insights.

Preferred qualifications

• MBA or other relevant advanced degree.
• Experience executing complex strategic and operational initiatives.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional, fast-paced environment, and to lead and drive complex programs and projects.
• Excellent analytical skills (e.g., Python scripting, working with LLM APIs, prompting frameworks, or building customized AI agents/assistants).
• Excellent problem-solving skills.

About The Job

gTech Ads is responsible for all support and media and technical services for customers big and small across the entire Ad products stack. We help the customers get the most out of the Ad and Publisher products and guide them when they need help. We provide a range of services from enabling better self help and in-product support, to providing better support through interactions, setting up accounts and implementing ad campaigns, and providing media solutions for customers business and marketing needs and providing complex technical and measurement solutions along with consultative support for our large customers. These solutions range from bespoke and customized ones for our top customers to scalable support for millions of customers worldwide.

The gTech Strategy and Operations organization ensures gTech's complex and ever-evolving Ads business runs smoothly. In this role, you are instrumental in setting strategy, and ensuring flawless execution and operations against the strategy. Team members are analytical and strategic, with a pragmatic sense of how to get things done.

Google creates products and services that make the world a better place, and gTech's role is to help bring them to life. Our teams of trusted advisors support customers globally. Our solutions are rooted in our technical skill, product expertise, and a thorough understanding of our customers' complex needs. Whether the answer is a bespoke solution to solve a unique problem, or a new tool that can scale across Google, everything we do aims to ensure our customers benefit from the full potential of Google products.

To learn more about gTech, check out our video .

Responsibilities

• Serve as a thought partner and trusted advisor to VPs and Directors: Align operational execution with the long-term goal of gTech Ads.
• Business Operations and Strategic Planning: Drive operational excellence through the management of global business operations, including strategic annual business planning, OKR setting, and tracking.
• Drive critical strategic and operational projects: Establish comprehensive work drivers, demand forecasts and performance management best practices.
• Act as the Go-To-Market (GTM) lead to global GTM teams, driving and coordinating gTech operations, strategic metrics, and high-level insight.
• Identify and drive global analyses and in-depth search for projects. Plan and execute various efficiency-driving initiatives for multiple senior stakeholders while partnering across teams to execute on recommendations.

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