Strategy & Operations (S&O) professionals in Google’s Marketing organization provide business critical insights and analytics, ensure cross-functional alignment of goals and execution, and help teams drive strategic partnerships and new initiatives forward. Whether you are embedded within a specific marketing team to use insights to enable better marketing decisions or the global S&O function to equip the organization to succeed at scale, you will engage with Google leadership in order to establish Marketing’s strategic direction. You will manage planning and operational processes and work cross-functionally with key partners across Marketing, Product, Finance and Engineering to solve our toughest challenges, advocate for high-priority projects, and drive greater operational excellence within Marketing. To be successful in this role, you have a hypothesis-driven approach to problem solving, effective quantitative and communication skills, and the ability to take on broad-reaching and ambiguous questions while working collaboratively and cross-functionally with Googlers of all levels. As a Strategy and Operations Manager, you will be part of the team that drives Ads Marketing Strategy development, elevates business performance, drives results, enables operational excellence, and acts as a key thought partner to the Ads Marketing executive team. You will manage key business operations initiatives to streamline, standardize, and optimize our processes and protocols for Ads Marketing Managers and leadership. You will work across operations, resource allocation, annual business planning, and program/project management to ensure our work is executed with precision, efficiency, and in alignment with Google's high standards. You will work with teams and collaborate cross-functionally with key leaders to solve our toughest challenges, lead high priority projects and drive greater operational excellence.