Senior Strategy and Operations Manager, YouTube Marketing

Google•Los Angeles, CA

7h•$171,000 - $247,000

About The Position

YouTube Marketing’s Office of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) enables the team to deliver exceptional marketing by empowering leaders, driving operational excellence, and bringing creativity to its work. The Senior Strategy and Operations Manager serves as a strategic and operational leader and acts as the functional Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) for YouTube Marketing (YTM), defining and driving the organization’s people, organization, and culture strategy in close partnership with YTM’s director of strategy and operations. The role leads high-stakes programs and people, organization, and culture strategy; shapes YTM governance and executive-level rhythms of business; owns review forums such as weekly decision forums with YouTube’s CMO; and partners with the CMO on executive communications. It also focuses on building operational efficiencies, maintaining a high standard of excellence, and supporting a culture that empowers high-impact teams. Marketing at Google connects technology with users, demonstrating how Google products can solve problems through distinctive, user-focused marketing.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in management consulting, business operations, strategy, or corporate advisory, or 6 years of experience with an advanced degree such as an MBA or master’s degree.
4 years of experience developing organizational strategies, executing change management, and executive communications.
3 years of experience working directly with C-suite or VP-level executive stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience guiding teams through operational transitions, organizational modernizations, or strategic reorganizations.
Experience leading executive operations, chief of staff responsibilities, or a central strategy team in a global technology or media organization.
Proven ability to navigate highly ambiguous, fast-paced environments and translate complex problems into structured, actionable operating models.
Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to foster culture and coordinate initiatives across multi-location global pods.
Advanced communication, narrative-building, and executive presence, with a track record of authoring briefs and presentations for C-level leadership.

Responsibilities

Partner directly with the YTM CMO and director of strategy on high-priority initiatives, delivering briefings, strategic analysis, insights, and recommendations for executive leadership.
Partner with people operations and YTM’s Strategy and Operations director to shape and drive YTM’s people and organization strategy, including people development and AI-enabled workforce transformation initiatives.
Oversee the overall Office of the CMO operating model and define and drive central executive governance, including decide/input/notify frameworks for business priorities.
Partner with the Strategic Operations team to modernize the rhythm of the business and executive forums, developing them into strategic, AI-enabled decision-making spaces.
Define and ensure execution of YTM’s internal and external culture and communications strategy, including its goals, narrative, culture shifts, and change management for AI transformation and other organizational redesigns.