What are the responsibilities and job description for the Strategy and Operations Lead, GTM, YouTube Ads position at YouTube?
The application window will be open until at least October 28, 2025. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.
This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Bruno, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
In this role, you will partner closely with the YouTube Ads GTM leadership to influence priorities and manage the day-to-day processes and workflows. As a Strategy and Ops Lead, you will be responsible for increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of key decisions and making sure the team stays on top of its annual goals. You will partner closely with teams across GTM and Global Business Organization (GBO) as well as cross-functionally with a varied set of stakeholders including Finance, Ads, YouTube Organic, and others.The Go-to-Market Operations (GtM) team ensures Google's complex and ever-evolving Ads business runs smoothly. We are instrumental in setting go-to-market strategy, and ensuring flawless execution and operations against the strategy. We have teams embedded in each of the major Ads business areas as well as global teams that work across the business areas. Team members are analytical and strategic, with a pragmatic sense of how to get things done.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $147,000-$216,000 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.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.
This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.
Applicants in the County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Bruno, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience in an analytical leadership role in a technology or marketing firm or in strategy development.
- Experience managing relationships and executing operational initiatives within global organizations.
- Experience in data analysis.
Preferred qualifications:
- MBA or other advanced degree.
- 10 years of experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, product management, finance, or sales operations.
- Ability to understand and articulate the “big picture" to executive teams, while maintaining exceptional attention to execution details.
- Ability to effectively facilitate meetings with executives and partners across multiple functions in an organization.
- Excellent problem solving, program management and change management skills with ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Excellent business acumen and the ability to successfully navigate and influence different stakeholders within a business environment.
About the job
The Go-To-Market (GTM) organization provides business critical insights using analytics, ensures cross-functional alignment of goals and execution, and helps teams drive new initiatives forward. We stay focused on aligning the company priorities with effective day-to-day operations, and help evolve early stage ideas into future-growth initiatives.In this role, you will partner closely with the YouTube Ads GTM leadership to influence priorities and manage the day-to-day processes and workflows. As a Strategy and Ops Lead, you will be responsible for increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of key decisions and making sure the team stays on top of its annual goals. You will partner closely with teams across GTM and Global Business Organization (GBO) as well as cross-functionally with a varied set of stakeholders including Finance, Ads, YouTube Organic, and others.The Go-to-Market Operations (GtM) team ensures Google's complex and ever-evolving Ads business runs smoothly. We are instrumental in setting go-to-market strategy, and ensuring flawless execution and operations against the strategy. We have teams embedded in each of the major Ads business areas as well as global teams that work across the business areas. Team members are analytical and strategic, with a pragmatic sense of how to get things done.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $147,000-$216,000 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
- Work cross-functionally with Finance, People Operations, Marketing and other GTM teams to scope, manage and execute projects.
- Be able to project manage priorities, initiatives and efforts on behalf of the Global Business Organization (GBO) or GTM leadership.
- Lead end-to-end quantitative projects, including study design, development, execution, analysis, insights development, and insights sharing.
- Communicate findings to senior leadership by preparing and delivering polished presentations and identifying key takeaways and recommendations. Support executive communications and engagements with the team.
- Manage the cadence and agenda for executive meetings, team operations including budget, headcount and annual planning.
