Strategy and Operations Senior Associate, Research and Core

Google; New York (NY); On-site; USD 118,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Strategy and Operations Senior Associate to drive strategic initiatives and operational excellence. In this dynamic role, you will collaborate with leaders to identify business challenges and opportunities, providing actionable insights and recommendations. You'll engage with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and drive progress on key initiatives. This position offers a unique opportunity to influence the direction of partnerships that enhance product offerings. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to innovation and excellence, where your contributions will make a significant impact on the future of technology.

Qualifications

• 4 years of experience in management consulting or related fields.
• Ability to advise senior leaders and influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Strategy and Operations partner for R&C Partnerships.
• Deliver thought leadership and strategic guidance on R&C topics.
• Manage multiple initiatives and conduct market analyses.

Skills

Problem-solving skills

Quantitative modeling skills

Communication skills

People management

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Job description

Strategy and Operations Senior Associate, Research and Core

Company: Google

Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA

Experience Level:

Mid

Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in management consulting, sales operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, private equity or corporate advisory, or 2 years of experience with an advanced degree.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in advising senior leaders on strategy, organization, and operations topics.
• Ability to identify and solve problems within a given project scope, build relationships and influence stakeholders.
• Excellent problem-solving and quantitative modeling skills, with the ability to distill insights from data and present actionable recommendations.
• Excellent communication, people management, and presentation skills.

About the Job:

Google’s Knowledge and Information (K&I) Partnerships organization works with a range of external partners to help build Google products through product-enabling relationships (e.g., data licensing, content partnerships, API/platform integrations, and technology licensing).

In this role, you will play a critical role in helping drive strategy and execution for K&I Partnerships. You will focus on delivering thought leadership, operational and executive level narratives to help advance K&I and Google’s product mission. You will work directly with K&I leaders on priority topics across all product areas and help the global organization identify, plan for, and execute against their priorities.

The Global Partnerships organization is responsible for exploring new opportunities with Google's partners. Google’s Global Partnerships team works with a wide range of partners to bring the best of Google to power their business. The Global Partnerships team supports Google’s own Product teams with essential partnerships to help Google’s user experiences in advertising, Search, Assistant, Maps, Travel, Shopping, Payments, and more. Teams create product-enabling partnerships, go-to-market strategies, and incubate business growth for a variety of products.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $118,000-$170,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the Strategy and Operations partner for the Research and Core (R&C) Partnerships organization with a focus on Research and Core.
• Deliver thought leadership and strategic guidance on R&C related topics.
• Identify business challenges and opportunities that are facing R&C, develop perspective and drive recommendations forward while getting cross-functional (XFN) buy-in.
• Manage several initiatives concurrently, interfacing with multiple stakeholders within Google Products and across Google.
• Direct and conduct market analyses, solve operational problems, and identify key insights relevant for the global teams.

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