Strategy and Operations Lead

About The Job

The GCS Sales and Strategy teams at Google provide business-critical insights using analytics, ensure cross-functional alignment of goals and execution, help teams drive strategic partnerships and new initiatives forward, and drive sustainable business growth and product adoption. We stay focused on aligning the highest-level company priorities with effective day-to-day operations, and help evolve early-stage ideas into future-growth initiatives. Team members are experienced in business strategy and operations, analytical and strategic, yet highly pragmatic and results-oriented.

Google Customer Solutions (GCS) sales teams are trusted advisors and competitive sellers who maintain a relentless focus on customer success by bringing the best Google has to offer to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), which are the backbone of our communities. As a member of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to work with company owners and make a real difference in their businesses by helping them grow. Together, we help shape the future of innovation for customers, partners, and sellers.

Responsibilities

• Draw interpretable insights from sophisticated business analyses and advanced modeling.
• Help organize and facilitate core business planning, operating cadences, and leadership engagement to achieve organizational outcomes.
• Define comprehensive sales, product or business strategies that solve complex business challenges and address the needs of customers and stakeholders across various functions to drive incremental growth.
• Perform comprehensive research and analysis on market trends, customer behaviors and competitive positions to identify opportunities to scale operations and drive maximum value for the business.
• Deliver polished presentations with data-driven insights and a strategic narrative to influence executives to adopt recommended strategies.
• Define actionable plans and roadmaps, align cross-functional stakeholders and lead successful implementation of large and complex change initiatives.

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.
• 3 years of experience working with executive stakeholders.
• 2 years of experience developing business strategies or managing cross-functional initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or Master's degree.
• 2 years of experience generating insights from analysis on large data sets to drive business decisions.
• Experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders across organizational boundaries.
• Experience in advertising, consultative sales, business development, or a digital media environment for a complex organization.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to take complex, ambiguous topics and turn them into compelling narratives for different audiences.
• Structured problem solving skills, combined with strong business acumen.

Key skills/competency

• Business Strategy
• Operations Management
• Data Analysis
• Stakeholder Management
• Market Research
• Strategic Planning
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Executive Communication
• Business Acumen
• Project Leadership