Google Looking For Android Strategy Senior Manager, Platforms and Ecosystems Strategy at New York, NY Full Time

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

5 years of experience in one or more of the following: management consulting, strategy, business development, business/finance operations, and product management.

Experience structuring analyses and associated presentations/communications.

Experience with leadership stakeholder management.

Preferred qualifications:
MBA or other advanced degree in a technical field.

6 years of experience in Management Consulting, Product Strategy, Product Management, Business Development, or Business Operations.

Experience working with cross-functional teams to execute initiatives, features, experiences, and mentoring more junior team members.

Ability to communicate and present to executives and highly technical management teams.

Demonstrate problem-solving and analysis skills, ability to navigate ambiguity, and sound business judgment.

About the job

Google’s Platforms and Ecosystems Product Area develops products that help users around the world access and enjoy the benefits of computing. Our core products (i.e., Android, Chrome, and Google Play) span large and diverse ecosystems of component and device manufacturers, software developers, mobile network operators, distributors, retailers, and more.

The Android strategy team focuses on the growth and success of the Android platform for users, partners, and Google. Our team solves challenging and complex questions facing Android across product, technology, and business to drive growth and stewardship of the ecosystem.

As a member of the team you will play a critical role working on high profile Android initiatives and helping leadership answer the toughest questions we face today, not only about next quarter’s road map, but defining how Android works in the future. You will influence leadership decisions about the role of our platform, our technologies, the investments we make, the partnerships we pursue, our commercial agreements, and the future of the Android business model.

Responsibilities

Work with team members and Product Area leaders to identify key technologies that will shape computing, create product and business road maps, and form strategies to scale core technologies across the ecosystem.

Work with internal and external partners (e.g., OEM, ODMs, SoCs, developers) across different form factors/products to build compatible platforms/devices and partnerships to strengthen the Google device ecosystem.

Develop comprehensive and data-backed recommendations to complex and highly ambiguous ecosystem problems.

Communicate compelling recommendations to a cross-functional leadership team.

Guide Product Area teams as they start to implement recommendations.

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