Global Product Solutions Lead, Local Ads, Messaging, GPS

Google • Los Angeles, CA

17h • $120,000 - $172,000

About The Position

Businesses of all shapes and sizes rely on Google’s unparalleled advertising
solutions to help them grow in today's dynamic marketing environment. You bring
a passion for sales, knowledge of online media, and commitment to maximize
customer success. You act like an owner, move with velocity through change,
finding innovative and strategic ways to consistently deliver extraordinary and
incremental outcomes for both Google and your customers. You build trusted
relationships with customers, uncovering their business needs and translating
them into powerful solutions to achieve their most ambitious goals. You achieve
as a team with sellers, shape the future of advertising in the AI-era, and make
a real impact on the millions of companies and billions of users that trust
Google with their most important goals.

The Local Ads and Messaging GPS teams partners with product and sales to define
and execute the Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy for Google's innovative Local Ads
and Messaging products. By optimizing the interplay between Messaging, GBP, LSA,
and Local Search (Ads and Organic) we provide advertisers a toolkit to meet
users at every stage of their journey.

As a Global Product Solutions Lead, you will leverage your expertise to inspire
sellers and customers to expand their adoption of key solutions across Google
Ads. You will work closely with technical Product Managers and the Sales teams
globally to contribute to the development of those solutions.

In this role, you will also partner closely with other GPSLs and regional GTM
teams to identify product gaps and brainstorm solutions to bring to life with
the PM.

Global Solutions is the link between Google products and business. Your focus is
to help turn innovation into complete, packaged tools that allow our customers
to get the most that they need from our products. As part of the Global
Solutions team, you'll help to ensure that Google has adopted the right strategy
for our products. Working in one of three specialized areas – Performance,
Brand, or Publisher & Platform – you'll use your expertise to help front-line
Sales partners to work their magic quickly and effectively. You are passionate
about all things digital, and want to help shape the world of online
advertising.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in product management, marketing, management consulting, or project management in technology.
• Experience working with Product Management or Engineering teams, executive leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience developing business strategies or managing cross-functional initiatives.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in influencing executive leaders through judgment and data.
• Ability to drive impact in a fluid environment.
• Ability to lead complex operational and strategic initiatives.
• Excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both practitioner and executive-level contexts.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to drive projects forward, including intra-GPS, Sales, GTM, Product, gTech, Business Development, Marketing and Legal.
• Synthesize and prioritize feedback from GTM, and Sales teams to influence product priorities and strategy. Lead the rollout of product features and capabilities, and execute a successful sales activation strategy.
• Develop communications for internal and external partners. Develop sales materials (narratives, pitch decks, case studies, etc.) and partner with GTM to drive internal and external commercialization.
• Help define success metrics, track product adoption and business impact.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level