Strategy and Operations Associate, Retail Product Strategy

This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus. Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA.Minimum qualifications... • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. • 2 years of experience in advertising, sales, marketing, consulting, or media. • Experience working with the online advertising landscape, including search and shopping advertising in Retail/Travel industries. Preferred qualifications: • 4 years of experience in go-to-market, ad sales, or business strategy. • Experience contributing to large, complex and cross-functional projects from conception to implementation. • Experience working across cross-functional teams. • Ability to uncover market needs and develop solutions for key audiences. • Ability to influence peers/leadership. • Excellent investigative, problem-solving, communication, and relationship management skills. About The Job In this role, you will support two of the largest, most strategic verticals for the region and for Google. You will diagnose, structure and offer options to resolve problems with an unwavering commitment to help deliver those initiatives. You will accelerate and defend Large Customer Sales (LCS) business growth across the region via the development and adoption of products, tools and program best practices. You will have the opportunity to work on a breadth of topics in Go-to-Market (GTM) and get exposure to several aspects of the business. The Go-to-Market Operations (GtM) team ensures Google's complex and ever-evolving Ads business runs smoothly. We are instrumental in setting go-to-market strategy, and ensuring flawless execution and operations against the strategy. We have teams embedded in each of the major Ads business areas as well as global teams that work across the business areas. Team members are analytical and strategic, with a pragmatic sense of how to get things done. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $93,000-$136,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. 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 • Execute on project components related to product strategy development. Assist with market research, engaged analysis, and customer segmentation to inform product decisions. Lead Vertical product prioritization in collaboration with partner GTM teams. • Contribute to projects focused on improving processes, governance structures, and performance management systems. Work horizontally across different GTM teams, product owners to orchestrate go-to-market strategies and capture business opportunities. • Analyze data to support decision-making, identify trends, and provide solutions to issues faced within projects. • Contribute to the creation of reports and presentations that communicate project updates, findings, and recommendations and present to executive audiences. • Mange and lead projects , influence executive cross-functional partners. Own communication strategy and operations for specialist community meetings, vertical newsletters and marketing events. 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