Google
Strategy and Operations Manager, Planning Lead, Cloud Marketing
Google, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127
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By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
Minimum qualifications:Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.6 years of experience in management consulting, sales operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, private equity, or corporate advisory.5 years of experience in program or project management.Experience leading the end-to-end annual planning process.Preferred qualifications:Experience with stakeholder management, cross-functional partnerships, executive leadership, and cross-functional communication with all levels of management.Experience in change management and a demonstrated track record of staying organized.Proven ability to run and deliver results on large-scale, complex programs across teams under tight deadlines.Excellent influencing skills and ability to drive outcomes through others.Long-term strategic thinking balanced with near-term execution skills.Keen attention to detail and delivering quality work.About the job
Strategy Operations (SO) 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 SO 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.
ResponsibilitiesDevelop program timelines, project plans, and manage deliverables to ensure successful management and execution of the annual planning process. Identify business gaps and opportunities, and propose action plans to successfully execute.Work closely with SO leads, marketers, Finance, operational teams, senior leadership, to drive a successful planning process. Provide weekly updates on project status and opportunities, and contribute to executive-level presentations.Develop best practices and approaches to improve the Annual planning process (templates and programs) for Google Cloud Marketing.Build and influence cross-organizational collaborations (e.g., Sales, Global Marketing, and others) to ensure that the decisions of other teams are aligned with business objectives.Identify broad problems and translate into tactical projects and work steps for teams. Set objectives, key results, and future direction that will impact multiple teams.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.#J-18808-Ljbffr
By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
Minimum qualifications:Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.6 years of experience in management consulting, sales operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, private equity, or corporate advisory.5 years of experience in program or project management.Experience leading the end-to-end annual planning process.Preferred qualifications:Experience with stakeholder management, cross-functional partnerships, executive leadership, and cross-functional communication with all levels of management.Experience in change management and a demonstrated track record of staying organized.Proven ability to run and deliver results on large-scale, complex programs across teams under tight deadlines.Excellent influencing skills and ability to drive outcomes through others.Long-term strategic thinking balanced with near-term execution skills.Keen attention to detail and delivering quality work.About the job
Strategy Operations (SO) 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 SO 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.
ResponsibilitiesDevelop program timelines, project plans, and manage deliverables to ensure successful management and execution of the annual planning process. Identify business gaps and opportunities, and propose action plans to successfully execute.Work closely with SO leads, marketers, Finance, operational teams, senior leadership, to drive a successful planning process. Provide weekly updates on project status and opportunities, and contribute to executive-level presentations.Develop best practices and approaches to improve the Annual planning process (templates and programs) for Google Cloud Marketing.Build and influence cross-organizational collaborations (e.g., Sales, Global Marketing, and others) to ensure that the decisions of other teams are aligned with business objectives.Identify broad problems and translate into tactical projects and work steps for teams. Set objectives, key results, and future direction that will impact multiple teams.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.#J-18808-Ljbffr