Android Product Strategy, Product Operations

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience in management consulting, product management and strategy, or analytics in a technology company.
  
• Experience working with and analyzing data, and managing multiple projects.
  
• Experience in strategy development, business strategy, stakeholder management, and building relationships.

Preferred qualifications:

• MBA, Master's degree, or PhD in a Management, Technical, or Engineering field.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams to execute initiatives/features/experiences.
• Experience manipulating data sets, data visualization and analysis, and databases (e.g., SQL).
• Ability to communicate and present to executives and technical management teams.
• Excellent problem-solving and analysis skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity.

About the job

Product and Business Strategy Leaders bring together teams across Google’s functions to help products execute optimally. Our team pushes Google to scale at key points that refine our products and infrastructure by executing efficiently, bringing solid business sense and sound judgment, and working effectively across organizational lines.

Our roles often include components of strategy (e.g. analyzing and understanding new trends in the industry, building business plans), operations (e.g. running the cadence of organizations, connecting the operating lines between our functions), and communications. Our team partners with senior leadership to run important functions that cross-cut our existing organizations and deliver high impact projects. We help Engineers, PMs, UX, and all of our other functions to build amazing products that delight our users, and then get those products into their hands.

Android is Google’s open-source mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more. We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $144,000-$211,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. 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.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product, engineering, and business leadership to identify, evaluate, influence, and execute on growth opportunities, focusing on data-driven insights and delivering content.
• Identify trends and technologies that will shape computing, articulate their implications, and form strategies that secure leadership.
• Identify, evaluate, and advance strategic opportunities to support the Android ecosystem through partnerships with OEMs, SOCs, carriers, and other stakeholders.
• Structure and execute strategic initiatives by developing work plans, synthesizing data, leading analyses, and developing recommendations that address ambiguous challenges in the Android ecosystem.
• Build and communicate compelling narratives and recommendations to a cross-functional leadership team, and facilitate conversations to help leaders make the right decisions.