Strategy and Operations Lead, Product Go-to-market

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**About the job**:

- The Go-To-Market Operations (GTM) team ensures that Google's complex and ever-evolving ads business runs smoothly. As part of the Product GTM Marketing Objectives (MO) team, you will be part of our transformation from product first to MO first ways of working. You will play a critical role working across multiple country, regional and global counterparts to bring structure to ambiguity, build and run operational processes, and shape global programs (and emerging solutions) so that they can have maximum impact in the APAC region. Responsibilities: Gather APAC competitive and marketplace data, and shape into actionable intelligence and insights that will support executive team discussions and decisioning. Play a key role in leading problem structuring and projects to orchestrate MO planning, Go-To-Market strategies and activation programs in APAC. Shape and advocate Global MO strategies and programs in APAC. Design and deploy operational infrastructure and processes to pivot from product first to MO-first solutions. Contribute to strategy and lead deployment of emerging or nascent business generation products and solutions. Engage and influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners to obtain support for MO strategies and/or activation programs.

**Must have**:

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience in management consulting, sales operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, private equity or corporate advisory, or 4 years of experience with an advanced degree.
- Ability to work hyper collaboratively and energize those around you toward a common goal.
- Excellent communicator with strong presentation skills, as well as the ability to write well and convey complex issues clearly.
- Proven track record of strong executive influence and stakeholder management, including ability to thrive and exercise judgment in a fast-moving and ambiguous environment.
- Advanced problem-solving and project management skills.

**Good to have**:

- MBA or graduate degree.
- Business acumen and knowledge of digital advertising and YouTube.

**Minimum qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience in management consulting, sales operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, private equity or corporate advisory, or 4 years of experience with an advanced degree.

**Preferred qualifications**:

- MBA or graduate degree.
- Business acumen and knowledge of digital advertising and YouTube.
- Ability to work hyper collaboratively and energize those around you toward a common goal.
- Excellent communicator with strong presentation skills, as well as the ability to write well and convey complex issues clearly.
- Proven track record of strong executive influence and stakeholder management, including ability to thrive and exercise judgment in a fast-moving and ambiguous environment.
- Advanced problem-solving and project management skills.

**About the job**:

- The Go-To-Market Operations (GTM) team ensures that Google's complex and ever-evolving ads business runs smoothly. We are instrumental in setting the Go-To-Market strategy and guiding flawless execution and operations against the strategy. We stay focused on aligning the highest-level company priorities with strong day-to-day operations, while also helping to evolve early-stage ideas into future-growth initiatives. We have teams embedded in each of the major Ads business areas, and global teams that work across the business areas. Team members are analytical and strategic with a pragmatic sense of how to get things done.As part of the Product GTM Marketing Objectives (MO) team, you will be part of our transformation from product first to MO first ways of working. You will touch multiple domains, drive problem-solving and thought leadership, and gain exposure to a wide variety of teams and partners.- You will play a critical role working across multiple country, regional and global counterparts to bring structure to ambiguity, build and run operational processes, and shape global programs (and emerging solutions) so that they can have maximum impact in the APAC region.**Responsibilities**:

- Gather APAC competitive and marketplace data, and shape into actionable intelligence and insights that will support executive team discussions and decisioning.
- Play a key role in leading problem structuring and projects to orchestrate MO planning, Go-To-Market strategies and activation programs in APAC. Shape and advocate Global MO strategies and programs in APAC.
- Design and deploy operational infrastructure and processes to pivot from product first to MO-first solutions.
- Contribute to strategy and lead deployment of emerging or nascent business generation products and solutions.
- Engage and influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners to obtain support for MO strategies an