Senior Strategy and Operations Principal, Data Cloud

Google•Kirkland, WA

7d•$222,000 - $309,000

About The Position

Product and Business Strategy Leaders bring together teams across Google’s functions to help products execute optimally. Our team pushes Google to scale at key points that refine our products and infrastructure by executing efficiently, bringing solid business sense and sound judgment, and working effectively across organizational lines. Our roles often include components of strategy (e.g. analyzing and understanding new trends in the industry, building business plans), operations (e.g. running the cadence of organizations, connecting the operating lines between our functions), and communications. Our team partners with senior leadership to run important functions that cross-cut our existing organizations and deliver high impact projects. We help Engineers, PMs, UX, and all of our other functions to build amazing products that delight our users, and then get those products into their hands. As Data Cloud accelerates its growth and scales rapidly, we are seeking a Senior Strategy and Operations Principal to instill operational precision and sharpen our business operating rhythm. In this high-impact role, you will help us stay highly zoned-in on key priorities, enhance our engagement and monitoring frameworks across our executive leadership team. You will work closely with executives and teams across the Data cloud organization to help them run their businesses effectively against Data Cloud's priorities. This role spans both strategic and operational efforts, contributing directly to the growth, development, and overall health of the organization. You will ensure seamless communication, alignment, and execution both internally and across Google, leading special projects, running executive leadership meetings, and managing cross-functional issues. Additionally, you will drive engagement with cross-product area partners for a systemic operating cadence. Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $222000 - $309000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more about benefits at Google [https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
15 years of experience in management consulting, product management and strategy, or analytics in a technology company.
Experience working with and analyzing data, and managing multiple cross-functional programs or projects.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree or equivalent practical experience.
Experience with R, SQL, spreadsheets, or similar analytics tools.
Experience working with product and engineering teams.
Understands the complex relationship between the organization and its environment, identifies connections, adopts different perspectives and quickly responds to changing circumstances in a strategic way.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Partner with Data Cloud leadership and cross-functional teams to establish, evolve, and run a rigorous business cadence, including quarterly/annual planning and business reviews.
Manage General Manager (GM) staff operations, offsites, communications and decision-making with leaders and teams within the organization and across Google Cloud.
Monitor and identify developments, priorities and opportunities in key domains of the Data Cloud business. Establish thought-partnership relationships with key stakeholders across the product, business, and extended functional organizations
Establish and run a solid business cadence to drive strategic alignment, driving regular business reviews with executive stakeholders, annual and quarterly strategic planning processes
Partner with the executive team to build plans and programs that inspire Googlers and create organizational momentum at scale.