Global Strategy and Operations Senior Associate, YouTube Shopping

Google•New York, NY

9h•$124,000 - $177,000

About The Position

The YouTube Business Product Activation Team brings products to market and market feedback to product teams. It works with business and product leaders to scale adoption of YouTube products across the partner and creator ecosystem. Its work includes designing go-to-market strategies, identifying and prioritizing activation opportunities, ensuring launch readiness, driving activation across segments, sharing partner and creator feedback to inform product roadmaps, developing content strategy, synthesizing user feedback, and tracking performance. The Shopping Product Activation team brings YouTube Shopping products to market and brings market insights to product teams. It evaluates which users, creators, and partners are best served by Shopping products; assesses product business cases and market potential; determines go-to-market levers, messaging, and communications; and prioritizes creators and partners. The role drives strategy and operational execution to grow YouTube Shopping, a video-commerce business connecting viewers with products through creators. Individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. The stated US compensation is $124,000–$177,000, plus a 15% bonus target, equity, and benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
At least 4 years of experience in management consulting, sales operations, business strategy, or a corporate advisory role.
At least 3 years of experience in a strategy and operations or consulting role.
At least 3 years of experience working with executive stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the e-commerce industry.
Experience in a fast-paced, self-starting environment and presenting to senior audiences.
Experience working cross-functionally with business and technical teams in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to communicate and influence effectively, including strong presentation and spreadsheet modeling skills.
Distinctive problem-solving and analytical skills, impeccable business judgment, and the ability to present data and conclusions compellingly.
Strong business sense and strategic thinking, with distinctive problem-solving and analytical skills, such as SQL.

Responsibilities

Drive hypothesis-driven business strategy for YouTube Shopping across users, merchants, and creators.
Analyze competitive go-to-market strategies and build robust go-to-market plans across Shopping's business models.
Drive operational excellence by setting and tracking OKRs and driving annual business planning.
Own program management and tracking for key programs.
Define and shape go-to-market plans, execute CommDocs, lead experiments and Trusted Tester programs, and support quarterly forecasting.
Navigate ambiguity to chart a course for a 0-to-1 YouTube product, testing and learning rapidly to scale it.
Work with regional go-to-market and product management teams to drive business outcomes and product adoption goals.
Lead cross-functional projects involving a broad set of stakeholders.