Principal, Business Operations and Strategy

Note: Google’s hybrid workplace includes remote and in-office roles. By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:

In-office locations: Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA.
Remote location(s): United States.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business or a related field or equivalent practical experience.

• 10 years of experience at a management consulting firm or investment bank, or equivalent project management experience.

Preferred qualifications:

• MBA, Master's degree or PhD in a Management, Technical or Engineering field.
• 12 years of experience in consulting (e.g., software, Internet and/or media industries, and/or early stage companies).
• Experience leading complex operational and strategic initiatives.
• Ability to present to executives and communicate with a highly technical management team.
• Ability to effectively communicate with an executive management team with excellent problem solving skills and exceptional business judgment.

About the job

Google's leadership team hand-picks thorny business challenges, and members of BizOps work in small teams to find solutions. As part of this team you fully immerse yourself in data collection, draw insight from analysis, and then zoom out to develop compelling, synthesized recommendations. Taking strategy one step further, you also persuasively communicate your recommendations to senior-level executives, roll-up your sleeves to help drive implementation and check back-in to see the impact of your recommendations.

As a Principal in Business Operations and Strategy, you will manage projects commissioned by Google's executive team and lead a team of Associates by leveraging your sound business judgment and management, problem-solving, communication and analytical skills.

The Business Operations and Strategy team at Google plays a critical role in defining and driving strategic, operational and organizational improvements across the company. Also known as "BizOps", the group operates like an internal consulting group working on a range of critical projects and issues. BizOps creates strategies for promoting growth of our products like YouTube, Chrome and Mobile. They handle issues around partner development, strategy work in emerging markets such as Africa and India, as well as pricing strategies across our B2B and consumer products. The BizOps team is at the forefront of Google's fast-moving strategic priorities, addressing operational challenges and enabling innovation.

Additional Information
(Colorado only*) Minimum full-time salary range between $177,000 - $190,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.
*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085 (8-5-20) of the minimum salary compensation range for this role when being hired into our offices in Colorado.

Responsibilities

• Work with the company's executive leadership to define, launch, and drive strategic and operational initiatives.
• Structure and execute operational and strategic initiatives by developing work plans, gathering and synthesizing relevant data, leading analyses, and developing final recommendations.
• Lead cross-functional, global teams to provide direction on the execution of tasks.
• Communicate findings to management and to the broader organization.
• Drive recommendations through to implementation and results.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.