Strategic Initiatives Senior Manager, Google Cloud (English)

Please submit your resume in English - we can only consider applications submitted in this language.

Only applications of candidates with Mexican citizenship will be evaluated for this role in compliance with the provisions of Article 7 of the Federal Labor Law.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Warsaw, Poland; Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico.

About the job

The Business Strategy and Operations organization provides business critical insights using analytics, ensures cross functional alignment of goals and execution, and helps teams drive strategic partnerships and new initiatives forward. We stay focused on aligning the highest-level company priorities with effective day-to-day operations, and help evolve early stage ideas into future-growth initiatives.

In this role, you will be a part of our Global Go to Market (GTM) Strategy and Strategic Initiatives team that plays a important role in developing the strategy for how Google Cloud operates, goes to market, and makes investment decisions globally. You will help define our overall go-to-market strategy, propose where we make investments, lead initiatives/programs, analyze the financial viability of different decision-making options, and study the market to ensure we stay ahead of macroeconomic trends and participants. You will be a partner of the executive leadership of Google Cloud and will build relationships of mutual trust.Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across several cross-functional Google teams in order to set and update the overall GTM strategy for Google Cloud.
• Work with the leadership team to define where we make investments in terms of headcount and infrastructure.
• Execute initiatives to set up and optimize organization and its operating model to drive significant growth of the business.
• Drill into the financial viability of our business to understand the relative profitability of solutions, markets, and verticals in order to enhance the Profit and Loss of the business.
• Study the macroeconomic and engaging trends in the market to understand new initiatives we can undertake to accelerate our growth.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in strategy/management consulting or corporate strategy with business or Go to Market (GTM) strategy in the technical industry.
• Experience in spreadsheets and presentation tools (e.g., Slides).
• Experience in program or project management with managing cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate in English fluently as this role requires interaction with global teams in English.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Business Administration.
• Certification in process management and optimization (e.g., lean six sigma black belt).
• Excellent business leadership and distinctive problem-solving skills with the ability to deliver business implications and actions from data.
• Excellent project management skills in leading initiatives in a changing environment.
• Excellent communication, storytelling and slide designing skills.

Benefits: 

• Health and Wellbeing (Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents)
• Financial wellbeing (Competitive compensation, regular bonus and equity refresh opportunities)
• Flexibility and time off (Paid time off, including vacation, bereavement, jury duty, sick leave, parental leave, disability, and holidays)
• Family support and care (Fertility and growing family support, parental leave and baby bonding leave)
• Community and personal development (Educational reimbursement)
• Googley extras (Inspiring spaces to work, recharge, and collaborate with fellow Googlers)

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.