Cross-Product Area Strategic Lead, Product Strategy and Operations

Company: Google
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: July 27, 2022

Job Description:

Cross-Product Area Strategic Lead, Product Strategy and Operations

• 8 years of experience in a relevant functional area (e.g., business development/operations, management consulting, strategy, and/or operations)Preferred qualifications:
  • Experience effectively influencing and communicating with partners from junior staff to senior leadership through verbal and written communications
  • Experience in Product Management, Technical Program Management, or Product Strategy
  • Experience and knowledge of machine learning, advanced technologies, foundational, and applied Research
  • Experience partnering with and influencing cross-functional teams
  • Multi-tasking and project management skills with attention to detail
  • Excellent analytical, quantitative problem solving skills, and business judgmentAbout the jobProduct operations in Research focuses on strategy, operations, and communication for driving impact within the Research Product Area (PA) and across Alphabet with our partner PAs.Partnering with the Vice President (VP) of Product for the Research PA, the Research Product Operations Cross-Product Area (x-PA) Lead, will drive impact and alignment across partner PAs. The role ensures that Research focuses on the most ambitious projects, delivers significant impact and advancement for PAs, and establishes regular rhythm to track progress. The role also ensures that Google Research Product Operations is a high-performance function, operating with speed, effectiveness, and at scale.Responsibilities
    • Manage major Research/PA partner forums for multi-year strategic planning, product reviews, and decision-making.
    • Identify new opportunities for xPA collaboration and Research impact on Google products, and ensure Research is helping PAs solve some of their most challenging, long term, technical, and strategic challenges.
    • Develop common processes, best practices, and effective operations that improve the Research organizations impact to our PA partners and facilitate executive communications to ensure alignment and maximize impact.
    • Drive high priority projects that span multiple areas of the Research PA and/or Operations which otherwise may not have a clear single owner.
    • Serve as an ambassador for senior leadership, helping distill, and cascade strategic priorities to teams. Exhibit excellent judgment on sensitive and complex issues, fostering collaboration between leaders, teams, and functions.LocationGoogle 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 .To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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