Strategy and Operations Lead, gUP Spend Planning

Socket.dev; New York (NY); On-site; USD 152,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking an experienced strategy and operations professional for the Go-to-Market Operations within gUP Strategy & Operations in the United States. You will drive multi-layered budgeting, governance, and cross-functional collaboration across Finance and GTM to ensure scalable, data-driven decisions.

The role emphasizes translating complex strategic objectives into executable plans, leading change initiatives, and delivering insights to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in a management consulting, sales operations, business strategy or corporate advisory role.
• MBA (preferred).
• Experience in working in a highly cross-functional environment with global teams and consumer product-facing or support services.
• Strong communication skills with ability to translate strategic objectives into execution plans.
• Proven problem-solving skills with business judgment to synthesize analysis into recommendations.
• Excellent data management skills with disparate data sets.
• Demonstrated project management skills with multiple collaborators in a change-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive the design and roll-out of multi-layered business planning for gUP’s budget across the broader gUP organization.
• Lead monthly, quarterly and annual planning cycles and provide visibility into resource allocations, budgeting and investments.
• Ensure governance for budget management, tracking and reporting; collaborate with Finance and GTM.
• Connect functions to operate as One gUP when managing spend; drive change management initiatives to improve reporting, governance and collaboration.
• Analyze, synthesize and deliver actionable reporting and insights for stakeholders; translate complex details into clear recommendations.
• Identify gaps and propose scalable changes; leverage internal AI tools to amplify impact.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Problem-solving

Data management

Project management

Leadership experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

MBA

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in a management consulting, sales operations, business strategy or corporate advisory role.

Preferred qualifications:

• MBA.
• Experience in working in a highly cross-functional environment, with different teams around the globe and in a consumer product-facing or support services organization.
• Strong communication skills, with a proven ability to collaborate with senior leadership to translate complex strategic objectives into execution plans.
• Proven problem-solving skills combined with business judgment, with the ability to synthesize analysis into business recommendations.
• Excellent data management skills working with disparate sets of data.
• Demonstrated project management skills, driving projects with multiple collaborators and stakeholders in a change-oriented environment.

About the job:

The Business Planning & Analysis team is responsible for running resource and business planning across gTech Users and Products (gUP). As part of the gUP Strategy and Operations team, you’ll become an expert in how gUP provides customer, partner, and product support for almost all of Google’s consumer products. The purpose of the gUP Strategy & Operations team is to function as internal consultants, providing business critical insights using internal and external resources, ensuring cross-functional alignment of goals and execution, and managing change management initiatives.

The Go-to-Market Operations (GtM) team ensures Google’s complex and ever-evolving Ads business runs smoothly. We are instrumental in setting go-to-market strategy, and ensuring flawless execution and operations against the strategy. We have teams embedded in each of the major Ads business areas as well as global teams that work across the business areas. Team members are analytical and strategic, with a pragmatic sense of how to get things done.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $152000 - $221000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the design and roll-out of multi-layered business planning for gUP’s budget across the broader gUP organization. Drive monthly, quarterly and annual business planning cycles, drive visibility into resource allocations, budgeting and investment decisions.
• Ensure gUP is managing resources wisely by creating strong internal governance for budget management, tracking and reporting. Lead collaboration with cross-functional teams in Finance and GTM.
• Connect different functions to operate as One gUP when managing the spend portfolio. Help drive change management initiatives to improve reporting, governance, and collaboration.
• Analyze, synthesize and deliver actionable reporting and insights for a range of stakeholders. Translate the complicated details into clear recommendations.
• Identify gaps and propose changes. Own and innovate solutions at scale that can grow with the business, leveraging internal AI tools to amplify your scope and impact.