Business Operations Principal, Core

Google Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 176,000 - 256,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Product and Business Strategy Leader to unite teams across Google’s functions, ensuring product execution and scalable growth through strategic analysis and cross-functional collaboration.

The BizOps role partners with senior leadership to drive high-impact projects, transforming AI-enabled strategies and monetization efforts; this position emphasizes data-driven recommendations and executive communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 11 years of experience in management consulting, product management and strategy, or analytics in a technology company.
• Experience working with and analyzing data, and managing multiple cross-functional programs or projects.
• Experience leading teams on cross-company initiatives and aligning recommendations with executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Work with the company's executive leadership to define, launch, drive and operational initiatives.
• Structure and execute operational and initiatives by developing work plans, gathering and synthesizing relevant data, leading analyses, and developing final recommendations.
• Lead cross-functional, global teams to provide direction on the execution of tasks.
• Communicate findings to management and to the broader organization.
• Drive recommendations through to implementation and results.

Skills

Outcome ownership

Ambiguity handling

Stakeholder influence

Domain expertise

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

R

SQL

Spreadsheets

Job description

Google San Jose, CA, USA ; New York, NY, USA ; +2 more ; +1 more

Advanced

Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders;deep expertise in domain.

X Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Jose, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 11 years of experience in management consulting, product management and strategy, or analytics in a technology company.
• Experience working with and analyzing data, and managing multiple cross-functional programs or projects.
• Experience leading teams on cross-company initiatives and aligning recommendations with executive leadership.

Preferred qualifications:

• Advanced degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with R, SQL, spreadsheets, or similar analytics tools.
• Experience working with product and engineering teams.

Excellent communication and presentation skills (written and verbal) and the ability to influence cross-functionally at various levels.

About the job

Product and Business Strategy Leaders bring together teams across Google’s functions to help products execute optimally. Our team pushes Google to scale at key points that refine our products and infrastructure by executing efficiently, bringing solid business sense and sound judgment, and working effectively across organizational lines.
Our roles often include components of strategy (e.g. analyzing and understanding new trends in the industry, building business plans), operations (e.g. running the cadence of organizations, connecting the operating lines between our functions), and communications. Our team partners with senior leadership to run important functions that cross-cut our existing organizations and deliver high impact projects. We help Engineers, PMs, UX, and all of our other functions to build amazing products that delight our users, and then get those products into their hands.
The Business Operations and Strategy team at Google plays a critical role in defining and driving strategic, operational and organizational improvements across the company. The team, also known as "BizOps", operates like an internal consulting group working on a range of critical projects and issues.
Google's leadership team hand-picks business challenges, and members of Business Operations (BizOps) work in small teams to find solutions. These include defining and executing our strategy on company-wide priorities like transforming Google into the world’s first AI-native enterprise, shaping the development of AI technologies and products, and developing go-to-market or monetization strategies as Customer Zero of these products. BizOps is at the forefront of Google's fast-moving strategic priorities like AI Transformation, addressing operational challenges and enabling innovation.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $176000 - $256000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

• Work with the company's executive leadership to define, launch, drive and operational initiatives.
• Structure and execute operational and initiatives by developing work plans, gathering and synthesizing relevant data, leading analyses, and developing final recommendations.
• Lead cross-functional, global teams to provide direction on the execution of tasks.
• Communicate findings to management and to the broader organization.
• Drive recommendations through to implementation and results.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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