Strategy and Operations Manager, Cloud Marketing

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Minimum qualifications:

• 4 years of experience in management consulting, operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, private equity, or corporate advisory, or 2 years with an advanced degree.
• 3 years of experience with quantitative analysis.
• 2 years of experience working with executive stakeholders.
• 2 years of experience developing business strategies or managing cross-functional initiatives.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in roles involving business judgment, analytical problem solving, quantitative analysis, and communicating findings to senior management.
• Ability to work across teams, build relationships, and influence senior managers.
• Proven ability to run and deliver results on large-scale, complex programs under tight deadlines.
• Tolerance for ambiguity and adaptability in fast-changing environments, with an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Excellent senior stakeholder management and leadership skills.
• Attention to detail and excellent communication skills.

Strategy & Operations (S&O) professionals in Google’s Marketing organization provide critical insights and analytics, ensure cross-functional alignment, and support strategic initiatives.

They engage with Google leadership to shape Marketing’s strategic direction, manage planning and operational processes, and collaborate across Marketing, Product, Finance, and Engineering to address challenges, prioritize projects, and enhance operational excellence.

Success in this role requires a hypothesis-driven problem-solving approach, strong quantitative and communication skills, and the ability to handle broad and ambiguous questions collaboratively across all levels of Google.

The Google Cloud Marketing (GCM) Strategy and Ops team plays a central role within Google Cloud Marketing, advising leadership, facilitating strategic alignment, managing resources, driving performance measurement, and maintaining stakeholder engagement.

Its mission includes designing and implementing an integrated Rhythm of Business (RoB) and Annual Planning program to optimize leadership connection, decision-making, and performance acceleration.

At Google, marketing begins with technology and ends with the user, demonstrating how Google’s products solve global problems—changing the game, redefining media, and prioritizing the user experience.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $113,000-$162,000 plus bonus, equity, and benefits.

Salary ranges are role, level, and location-dependent.

Specifics will be shared by the recruiter during the hiring process.

Note that listed salaries reflect base pay only; bonuses, equity, and benefits are additional.

More information about Google’s benefits can be found .

Key responsibilities:

• Manage the Rhythm of the Business (RoB) program content and execution, producing C-level deliverables that assess GCM’s performance against strategic goals globally, and identifying priorities and gaps based on insights.
• Evaluate marketing impact through quantitative and qualitative analysis, providing actionable insights and data-driven recommendations to meet ambitious objectives.
• Enhance marketing efficiency and effectiveness by refining operational processes, developing best practices, and optimizing the RoB program including timelines, templates, and deliverables.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with global and regional teams, S&O leads, marketers, operational teams, senior leadership, finance, and sales to influence outcomes and ensure successful program execution.

Google is an equal opportunity employer and committed to diversity and inclusion.

We consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.

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