Product Strategy and Operations Specialist, Google Education

Google; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15% bonus target

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google is seeking Product and Business Strategy Leaders to unify teams across functions to help products scale and execute at peak efficiency. The role spans strategy, operations, and communications, collaborating with senior leadership to drive high-impact projects that cross organizational lines.

You will help educators and engineers leverage Google tools to transform teaching globally with AI-driven learning initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 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 projects.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end operational aptitude to ensure flawless execution of the highest-priority goals.
• Lead strategic projects that are operationally intensive and cross-functional to ensure there is structure and timely delivery of project goals.
• Establish Key Performance Indicators and timelines for each project, regular metrics reporting that tie back to strategic goals, and post-implementation impact analysis.
• Lead OKR scoring to ensure we are making progress against our ambitious goals, identifying areas of softness where we should double down. Support annual planning activities for the Edu portfolio.
• Drive alignment across cross-functional stakeholders on critical strategic initiatives.

Skills

Data analysis

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Advanced degree (preferred)

Job description

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: Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 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 projects.

Preferred qualifications:

• Advanced degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience managing complex systems, cross-functional stakeholder groups, and large-scale change management initiatives.
• Experience gathering and analyzing data to uncover insights, with an ability to synthesize and simplify complex information into actionable strategies.
• Excellent problem solving skills, combined with outstanding business judgment, communication, and prioritization skills.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to represent complex business or technical concepts with senior leadership.

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 Education team's mission is to transform learning and teaching at scale. We do this by helping K-12 and higher education institutions around the world bring the best of Google tools and technology to their organizations. We've made significant headway on this journey. With AI, the potential for technology to enhance education is greater than ever. The Strategy and Operations team will help shape the cross-Google narrative for Google Education, translating our high-level outlook into an operational reality, ensuring our business is run effectively. In this role, you will have the defining opportunity to transform teaching and learning for students globally. By harnessing learning science and the breakthrough capabilities being developed across Google, you will shape the future of education. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $150000 - $217000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits.

Responsibilities

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• Drive end-to-end operational aptitude to ensure flawless execution of the highest-priority goals.
• Lead strategic projects that are operationally intensive and cross-functional to ensure there is structure and timely delivery of project goals.
• Establish Key Performance Indicators and timelines for each project, regular metrics reporting that tie back to strategic goals, and post-implementation impact analysis.
• Lead OKR scoring to ensure we are making progress against our ambitious goals, identifying areas of softness where we should double down. Support annual planning activities for the Edu portfolio.
• Drive alignment across cross-functional stakeholders on critical strategic initiatives.

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 .