Full Job Description
Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of relevant work experience in a strategic capacity in management consulting firms, sales operations, marketing strategy, or corporate strategy roles.
Experience in managing, building, inspiring and leading teams.
Preferred qualifications:
Master's degree.
Expertise in structured problem solving (building hypotheses, conducting data analysis, uncovering insights, building and executing recommendations).
Knowledge of Google’s Ads products, teams, and/or service operations as well as the customer and contexts in which they operate.
Ability to influence senior stakeholders across organizational lines and borders.
Effective leadership skills with demonstrated ability to drive impact in a fast-paced environment.
About the job
The Business Strategy & 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.
As the Regional One-Acquisitions Strategy and Operations Manager, you will lead a team of Regional Program Managers (RPMs) and Regional Product Leads (RPLs) supporting the regional acquisitions business, and be responsible for shaping, launching, and landing key sales program and tools/infrastructure changes in-region. You will be sought out as a trusted advisor by leaders across the GCS organization, working cross-functionally to drive alignment and strategic change management.
In this role, you will work with regional and global leadership teams to identify opportunities for future growth and then create and implement plans to achieve these goals, working closely with cross-functional leaders. You will provide trusted, holistic feedback and insights from your region to influence strategy and our business roadmap. You also use your team’s regional expertise to lead deployment of program/product launches and pilots in-market, and act as the voice of the region on what’s working and what’s not. Through this role, you will gain invaluable experience working in a dynamic global environment.
When our millions of advertisers and publishers are happy, so are we! Our Google Customer Solutions (GCS) team of entrepreneurial, enthusiastic and client-focused members are the "human face" of Google, helping entrepreneurs both individually and broadly build their online presence and grow their businesses. We are dedicated to growing the unique needs of advertising companies. Our teams of strategists, analysts, advisers and support specialists collaborate closely to spot and analyze customer needs and trends. In collaboration, we create and implement business plans broadly for all types of businesses.
Responsibilities
Partner with regional leadership teams to identify strategic opportunities and drive advocacy for regional needs with central teams. Serve as a thought leader on growth opportunities across GCS teams.
Involve, align and manage cross-functional stakeholders across teams and markets, in order to successfully shape, launch, and land program/tools priorities.
Enable and empower your teams to successfully identify and prioritize feedback and solutions that will drive growth for the overall Acquisitions Sales business, leveraging insights from Americas, APAC, and EMEA to influence the highest priority recommendations globally.
Lead team to deliver on strategic business goals and operational priorities.
Lead regional deployment of program launches/pilots, and ensure strong landings by building out effective comms and go-to-market activations.
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