AI Strategy & Ops Lead, gSO Ads — Drive Growth & AI Impact

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a Strategy and Operations Lead for AI Strategy within gSO Ads to guide go-to-market and AI-enabled initiatives. The role oversees cross-functional programs and works with senior stakeholders to shape the AI Agenda and governance playbook across Ads products.

Join a team driving AI-driven transformation in a complex ads business, defining roadmaps, metrics, and strategic narratives to accelerate growth and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in go-to-market strategy, sales operations, strategy and operations, management consulting, corporate strategy, business operations, or a strategy role at a technology company.
• Experience with AI, generative AI, data processing technologies, performance modeling, or scalable systems.
• Experience working with executive-level clients or stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Drive complex, cross-functional projects with limited guidance to define and execute the gTech Tech (Ads Product, AI) strategy and governance playbook, demonstrating end-to-end ownership of key strategy workstreams.
• Solve complex, ambiguous problems by driving forward-looking scans for opportunities to push AI impact in gTech Ads, translating high-level strategic concepts and scans into concrete, actionable roadmaps and business plans.
• Develop relationships with senior stakeholders to drive gTech Ads AI Agenda, coordinate the gAds Tech Council, drive Compute strategy, and establish rigorous AI OKRs across gSO and GTM teams.
• Influence across teams and align resources to lead strategic AI narratives (annual planning narrative) and establish robust AI and tooling success measures across the portfolios.
• Partner effectively with cross-functional experts to lead cross-Google AI collaboration initiatives (e.g., Mustang, AIT), integrating adjacent workstreams to maximize organizational impact.

Skills

Executive stakeholder engagement

AI / Generative AI

GTM strategy

Sales operations

Strategy consulting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

MBA or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google LLC is seeking a Strategy and Operations Lead for AI Strategy within gSO Ads to guide go-to-market and AI-enabled initiatives. The role oversees cross-functional programs and works with senior stakeholders to shape the AI Agenda and governance playbook across Ads products.

Join a team driving AI-driven transformation in a complex ads business, defining roadmaps, metrics, and strategic narratives to accelerate growth and operational excellence.