Strategy and Operations Associate, Retail, Product, Go-To-Market

For Brazil Applicants: Please submit your resume in English - we can only consider applications submitted in this language.

For US Applicants: This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.

Applicants in the County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil; Toronto, ON, Canada; Atlanta, GA, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.
Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of experience in a management consulting, business operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, or private equity role, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.

Preferred qualifications:
2 years of experience in advertising, consultative business, business development, or a digital media environment.
Experience in critical business areas, with understanding of the broader industry and engaged landscape.
About the job
The Business Strategy Operations organization provides business critical insights using analytics, ensures cross functional alignment of goals and execution, and helps teams drive strategic partnerships and new initiatives forward. 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.

In this role, you will collaborate closely with the Large Customer Sales cross-regional Retail Business teams and other cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., GPS, Ads Finance,). Your primary goal will be to accelerate retail ALCS business and ensure the long-term viability of the business by addressing cross-product issues and opportunities, overseeing intricate workstreams, and developing and supporting exceptional processes. You will also serve as a crucial thought partner to pGTM leadership on pivotal matters, providing clear direction for issues, extracting valuable business insights, and identifying proactive opportunities to enhance our cross-product activation strategies within the region. Your collaborating skills, excellent written and verbal communication, structured and bold thinking, and an action-oriented approach with a structured problem solver and a clear communicator will inspire individuals at all levels of the organization.

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.

For US Applicants:

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $96,000-$138,000 + 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
Contribute to projects that design, execute, and measure impact of initiatives.
Own hypotheses to key issues and be the main contributor to findings and solutions by partnering with peers to deliver data-motivated insights and synthesize recommendations for executive decisions.
Collaborate cross-functionally across business areas and regions to drive insights and recommendations to leadership and working teams, based on analysis, experience, technical acumen, and skilled judgment.
Support existing initiatives through ongoing analysis and project management.
Identify additional areas of opportunities and develop tactical plans, and mobilize stakeholders to execute to improve customer and seller satisfaction.
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. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form. Read more