Central Strategy Lead, Platforms and Devices
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience in management consulting, product management and strategy, or analytics in a technology company.
- Experience with data and financial analysis.
Preferred qualifications:
- Advanced degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, or a related field.
- Experience working on complex operational and strategic initiatives.
- Experience working with Product and Engineering teams.
- Experience in tech, media, or telecom company.
- Experience managing multiple projects.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and problem solving skills.
About the job
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.
The Platform and Devices Central Strategy team helps drive our product and business strategy across Platforms and Devices. As a Central Strategy Lead, you will assist this high-performing team address some of the most critical business challenges and opportunities in the product area. You will be a critical team member responsible for developing and executing on strategic, problem solving and operational initiatives across all aspects of the product area and often across Google.
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $122,000-$174,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Structure complex and ambiguous business issues for the product area senior leadership team.
- Gather and analyze large amounts of information quickly and problem solve effectively.
- Develop compelling and insightful recommendations.
- Build consensus among cross-functional teams and influence decision-making within leadership audiences.
- Work closely with product managers, leadership, and functions to operationalize recommendations.
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