Product Strategy and Operations Lead VII, Google Education

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 15 years of experience in management consulting, product management and strategy, or analytics in a technology company.
  
• Experience working with and analyzing data, and managing multiple cross-functional programs or projects.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Advanced degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• Experience with R, SQL, spreadsheets, or similar analytics tools.
  
• Experience working with Product and Engineering teams.
  
• Excellent written and verbal communication 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 Google Education team is on a mission to transform learning and teaching for everyone, everywhere. We bring the best of Google from productivity tools and secure computing environments to AI to create solutions that empower students, educators, and education leaders worldwide.

We're excited to add a Product Strategy and Operations Lead (Chief of Staff) to partner with our VP and leadership team. This role is pivotal in driving strategic initiatives, developing a sustainable business model, and optimizing team efficiency. You will play a key role in helping us achieve our ambitious goals and positively impact teaching and learning.

Learning is the ongoing quest for understanding, and we made it our mission more than 20 years ago to organize the world’s information to make it universally accessible and useful. The learning landscape is changing, and the Learning and Education team's mission is to help everyone in the world learn anything in the world. We provide the information, tools, and services that help people gain knowledge, fuel curiosity, and prepare for what’s next. We focus our work to add the most value for users to enable learning for school, work, and life. We believe everyone can and should have access to quality learning experiences to reach their full potential.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $208,000-$296,000 + 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

• Identify problems and issues across the organization and define/lead programs and processes to solve them.
  
• Establish and lead operating processes and tools for effectively managing the organization and achieving goals.
  
• Influence team members and executive management to act and drive projects to completion.
  
• Partner with the VP to develop and execute the Education team's strategic direction, goals, and objectives.