YouTube Product Strategy and Operations Lead, YouTube Growth Platform

Google LLC; San Bruno (CA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 180,000; Full time

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Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a YouTube Product Strategy and Operations Lead for the Growth Platform (Nitrate) in a role that scales impact through data-driven strategy. You will define product health metrics, run analyses, and collaborate with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Marketing to drive growth initiatives and roadmap.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, measurement of product health, and the use of ML-driven growth techniques to optimize subscriptions and watch time across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• 4 years of experience in an analytical role (e.g., consulting, strategy & operations)
• Experience driving cross-functional programs or projects
• Experience with SQL, spreadsheets, data visualization, and other data analytics tools

Responsibilities

• Define the core metrics of your product area, support goal setting, and regularly track product performance.
• Conduct deep-dive analyses to understand what’s driving key trends and inform actions the team should take.
• Partner with data science to execute analyses to identify headroom for growth, diagnose optimization opportunities, and shape Nitrate’s strategy & roadmap.
• Gather input from client teams and external best practices to inform growth levers to pursue.
• Support foundational processes that drive the platform and leverage AI tools to automate core workflows.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analytics familiarity

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Spreadsheets

Data visualization tools

Job description

YouTube Product Strategy and Operations Lead, YouTube Growth Platform

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• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• 4 years of experience in an analytical role, such as management consulting, investment banking, strategy & operations, business analytics, or other equivalent roles
• Experience driving cross-functional programs or projects
• Experience with SQL, spreadsheets, data visualization, and other data analytics tools

Preferred qualifications:

• 6 years of experience in an analytically-intensive role, such as management consulting, investment banking, strategy & operations, business analytics, or other equivalent roles
• Experience in consumer internet, media, or online video industries (especially with subscriptions-based platforms)
• Experience with ML growth platforms, digital marketing, A/B testing and experimentation methodologies
• Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Marketing teams

About the job

YouTube’s ecosystem is constantly growing and evolving, and it is critical to deploy resources efficiently to best serve YouTube’s users, creators and advertisers globally. We believe it's critical to use data to run our business and drive the decisions we make. Our Product Strategy and Operations Team (PS&O) partners with Product and Engineering leaders to help them run each major part of our business.

YouTube’s Growth Platform (“Nitrate”) delivers billions of in-app messages to users everyday to drive product discovery and growth. It’s a critical growth channel that leverages ML-based recommendations to promote YouTube paid subscriptions, highlight product features, and drive watchtime across various content segments (e.g., cultural moments, live sports, new music releases, etc.).

As the Product Strategy and Operations (PS&O) Lead for Nitrate, you will play a critical role in scaling its impact across YouTube. PS&O sits at the intersection of strategy and execution, contributing to some of the highest profile work at YouTube. Your work will generally span across 3 areas: defining and measuring product health, conducting deeper analysis to inform actions to take, and shaping the longer-term direction and product strategy.

You will be embedded within the Nitrate team, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Marketing, and other cross-functional stakeholders.

At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.

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

About the job

YouTube’s ecosystem is constantly growing and evolving, and it is critical to deploy resources efficiently to best serve YouTube’s users, creators and advertisers globally. We believe it's critical to use data to run our business and drive the decisions we make. Our Product Strategy and Operations Team (PS&O) partners with Product and Engineering leaders to help them run each major part of our business.

YouTube’s Growth Platform (“Nitrate”) delivers billions of in-app messages to users everyday to drive product discovery and growth. It’s a critical growth channel that leverages ML-based recommendations to promote YouTube paid subscriptions, highlight product features, and drive watchtime across various content segments (e.g., cultural moments, live sports, new music releases, etc.).

As the Product Strategy and Operations (PS&O) Lead for Nitrate, you will play a critical role in scaling its impact across YouTube. PS&O sits at the intersection of strategy and execution, contributing to some of the highest profile work at YouTube. Your work will generally span across 3 areas: defining and measuring product health, conducting deeper analysis to inform actions to take, and shaping the longer-term direction and product strategy.

You will be embedded within the Nitrate team, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Marketing, and other cross-functional stakeholders.

At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.

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

US: $126000 - $180000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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• Define the core metrics of your product area, support goal setting, and regularly track product performance.
• Conduct deep-dive analyses to understand what’s driving key trends and inform actions the team should take.
• Partner with data science to execute analyses to identify headroom for growth, diagnose optimization opportunities (e.g., funnel drop-off), and shape Nitrate’s strategy & roadmap.
• Gather input from client teams and external best practices to further inform growth levers to pursue (e.g., onboarding improvements, use case/channel expansion, etc.).
• Support foundational processes that drive the platform (e.g., maintaining LTV inputs, establishing platform principles & guardrails, etc.) and Leverage AI tools to automate and enhance core workflows.

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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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