Strategy and Operations Senior Associate, gSO Ads Central

gTech Ads is responsible for all support, and media and technical services for customers big and small across our entire Ad products stack. We help our customers get the most out of our Ad and Publisher products and guide them when they need help. We provide a range of services from enabling better self help and in-product support, to providing better support through interactions, setting up accounts and implementing ad campaigns, and providing media solutions for customers business and marketing needs and providing complex technical and measurement solutions along with consultative support for our large customers. These solutions range from bespoke and customized ones for our top customers to scalable support for millions of customers worldwide.

The gTech Strategy and Operations (gSO) organization ensures gTech’s complex and ever-evolving Ads business runs smoothly. We are instrumental in setting strategy, and ensuring flawless execution and operations against the strategy. Team members are analytical and strategic, with a pragmatic sense of how to get things done.

In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor to gTech Ads VPs and Directors, leading the Data and BI roadmap and driving complex, global deep-dive analyses to shape future strategy. Partnering closely with regional BizOps, GTM, and cross-functional leadership, you will manage multi-product, multi-country challenges. To thrive in this role, you should be an entrepreneurial, highly analytical problem-solver who is equally passionate about running operational business reviews and reinventing workflows through applied AI solutions.

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.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $124000 - $177000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/).

Minimum qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

- 4 years of experience in a management consulting, sales operations, business strategy or corporate advisory role.

Preferred qualifications:

- 2 years of experience creating complex data sets, data modeling, and reporting.

- 2 years of experience in advertising, consultative sales, business development, or a digital media environment.

- Serve as a thought partner and trusted advisor to VPs and Directors to align operational execution with the long-term goal of Google Technical Services (gTech). Act as the Go-To-Market (GTM) lead to global GTM teams, driving and coordinating gTech operations, strategic metrics, and high-level insights.

- Own and lead the BI roadmap for gTech Ads Vertical teams, ensuring robust infrastructure, metric dashboards and business intelligence.

- Partner with regional and vertical Strategy and BizOps teams to deliver comprehensive business reviews and insights.

- Identify, scope, and lead complex global analyses and deep-dive projects to uncover business trends and operational efficiencies. Collaborate with cross-functional and cross-regional teams to execute on strategic recommendations and track implementation impact.

- Identify systemic operational bottlenecks within gTech workflows. Design, deploy, and scale applied AI solutions to reinvent workflows, drive automation, and optimize resource efficiency.