Central Strategy and Operations Analyst, YouTube Business
About The Position
The YouTube Business Central Strategy and Operations Team is responsible for leading global, cross-functional, strategic initiatives to drive the unprecedented growth and health of the YouTube creator and partner ecosystem. The core capabilities of the team include strategic planning and business operations, incentives design and operations, and business strategy and operations for the three regions: Americas, EMEA, and APAC. As Central Strategy and Operations Analyst within this team, you will be responsible for driving the activation of key YouTube products at scale. You will combine your investigative expertise with strategic thinking to design, evaluate, and optimize our central incentives systems. This complex system balances multiple priorities and goals in a unified way to ensure our Partnerships team is driving towards long-term, sustainable success for both YouTube and our partners. In this role, you will gain direct exposure to executive leaders as you present your compelling proposals and demonstrate their impact. 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.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience in management consulting, sales operations, business strategy, category management, growth strategy, or analytics, or 2 years of experience with advanced degree.
- 3 years of experience in a strategy and operations or consulting role.
- 3 years of experience working with executive stakeholders.
- 2 years of experience with data analysis and data tools (e.g., SQL).
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., statistics, computer science, mathematics, engineering) or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience at management consulting firm, corporate strategy, investment bank or similar project management experience in a technology/media company.
- Experience in analytics and in using SQL and working with large data sets to deliver actionable insights and recommendations.
- Ability to multi-task and lead complex, ambiguous strategic and operational initiatives.
- Ability to influence cross-functional groups and executive leadership.
- Excellent executive level communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Design, pilot, and operationalize scaled product activation strategies to drive YouTube's biggest product priorities.
- Identify and execute on opportunity areas for improving YouTube's central scaled incentives system.
- Own end-to-end problem solving life-cycle from generating hypotheses, analyzing data, distilling insights to communicating recommendations in a structured and compelling way.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders in product activation, segmentation, partnerships teams, and technology and insights to drive impact. Develop and deliver business recommendations to a wide range of audiences, through effective communications and compelling data.
- Navigate YouTube's data warehouse to access and work with relevant data using SQL and other query languages.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
