Global Strategy and Operations Manager, Global Marketing

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Google is seeking a Strategy & Operations professional within Marketing to drive strategic direction, cross-functional alignment, and operational excellence across geographies. You will partner with leaders to set priorities, coordinate with Product, Finance and People Ops, and deliver data-driven insights to optimize marketing impact.

The role emphasizes hypothesis-driven problem solving, strong quantitative and communication skills, and the ability to navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in management consulting, operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, private or corporate advisory, or 2 years of experience with an advanced degree.
• 3 years of experience working with executive stakeholders.
• 2 years of experience developing business strategies or managing cross-functional initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership to set Marketing’s annual plan globally, articulating Marketing’s most critical priorities, and corresponding investment.
• Work across Google products to develop solutions to the organization’s issues and initiatives.
• Improve Marketing efficiency and effectiveness by applying an approach to Marketing’s operational processes.
• Evaluate Marketing performance/impact and make data-driven recommendations for how to adjust the approach to reach ambitious goals.
• Develop executive level deliverables.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Ambiguity tolerance

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

MBA or other advanced degree

Job description

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in management consulting, operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, private or corporate advisory, or 2 years of experience with an advanced degree.
• 3 years of experience working with executive stakeholders.
• 2 years of experience developing business strategies or managing cross-functional initiatives.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in management consulting, operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, private or corporate advisory, or 2 years of experience with an advanced degree.
• 3 years of experience working with executive stakeholders.
• 2 years of experience developing business strategies or managing cross-functional initiatives.

Preferred qualifications

• MBA or other advanced degree.
• Experience in coaching or managing team members and organizational design work.
• Ability to work in an ambiguous environment, with an entrepreneurial approach.
• Ability to work across teams, build relationships, and influence executive managers.
• Excellent problem-solving, quantitative analysis, business judgment, and written and verbal communication skills.

About The Job

Strategy and Operations (S&O) professionals in Google’s Marketing organization provide business critical insights and analytics, ensure cross-functional alignment of goals and execution, and help teams drive strategic partnerships and new initiatives forward. Whether you are embedded within a specific marketing team to use insights to enable better marketing decisions or the global S&O function to equip the organization to succeed at scale, you will engage with Google leadership in order to establish Marketing’s strategic direction. You will manage planning and operational processes and work cross-functionally with key partners across Marketing, Product, Finance and Engineering to solve our toughest challenges, advocate for high-priority projects, and drive greater operational excellence within Marketing.

To be successful in this role, you have a hypothesis-driven approach to problem solving, effective quantitative and communication skills, and the ability to take on broad-reaching and ambiguous questions while working collaboratively and cross-functionally with Googlers of all levels.

In this role, you will work with teams in all Google geographies and collaborate cross-functionally with leaders across Marketing, Product, Finance, and People Operations to solve issues that arise, drive high-priority projects, and achieve greater operational excellence within Marketing.

Know the user. Know the magic. Connect the two. At its core, marketing at Google starts with technology and ends with the user, bringing both together in unconventional ways. Our job is to demonstrate how Google's products solve the world's problems--from the everyday to the epic, from the mundane to the monumental. And we approach marketing in a way that only Google can--changing the game, redefining the medium, making the user the priority, and ultimately, letting the technology speak for itself.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $141000 - $205000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Partner with leadership to set Marketing’s annual plan globally, articulating Marketing’s most critical priorities, and corresponding investment.
• Work across Google products to develop solutions to the organization’s issues and initiatives.
• Improve Marketing efficiency and effectiveness by applying an approach to Marketing’s operational processes.
• Evaluate Marketing performance/impact and make data-driven recommendations for how to adjust the approach to reach ambitious goals.
• Develop executive level deliverables.

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 .