Strategy & Operations (S&O) professionals in Google’s Marketing organization provide business critical insights and analytics, ensure cross-functional alignment of goals and execution, and help teams drive strategic partnerships and new initiatives forward. Whether you are embedded within a specific marketing team to use insights to enable better marketing decisions or the global S&O function to equip the organization to succeed at scale, you will engage with Google leadership in order to establish Marketing’s strategic direction. You will manage planning and operational processes and work cross-functionally with key partners across Marketing, Product, Finance and Engineering to solve our toughest challenges, advocate for high-priority projects, and drive greater operational excellence within Marketing.

To be successful in this role, you have a hypothesis-driven approach to problem solving, effective quantitative and communication skills, and the ability to take on broad-reaching and ambiguous questions while working collaboratively and cross-functionally with Googlers of all levels.

As a Strategy and Operations Manager - Planning Lead for Cloud Marketing, you will drive the implementation and delivery of the annual planning process for Cloud Marketing.

In this role, you are responsible for leading the end-to-end annual planning process, by executing the process, connecting and driving the collaboration across Google Cloud Marketing. You will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders who support the planning process. You'll identify opportunities to optimize and scale the investments and operations based on learnings and best practices.

Know the user. Know the magic. Connect the two. At its core, marketing at Google starts with technology and ends with the user, bringing both together in unconventional ways. Our job is to demonstrate how Google's products solve the world's problems--from the everyday to the epic, from the mundane to the monumental. And we approach marketing in a way that only Google can--changing the game, redefining the medium, making the user the priority, and ultimately, letting the technology speak for itself.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $134,000-$198,000 + 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 for new hire 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.

• Develop program timelines, project plans, and manage deliverables to ensure successful management and execution of the annual planning process. Identify business gaps and opportunities, and propose action plans to successfully execute.
  
• Work closely with S&O leads, marketers, Finance, operational teams, senior leadership, to drive a successful planning process. Provide weekly updates on project status and opportunities, and contribute to executive-level presentations. 
  
• Develop best practices and approaches to improve the Annual planning process (templates and programs) for Google Cloud Marketing. 
  
• Build and influence cross-organizational collaborations (e.g., Sales, Global Marketing, and others) to ensure that the decisions of other teams are aligned with business objectives.
  
• Identify broad problems and translate into tactical projects and work steps for teams. Set objectives, key results, and future direction that will impact multiple teams.