Google Looking For Global Lead, Special Projects/Change Management, Vendor Operations at Redwood City, CA Full Time

Preferred qualifications:
MBA degree

Experience with people and team management

Demonstrated strategy, project management, problem solving and analysis skills, combined with business judgment and communication skills

Ability to partner with and align executive stakeholders across a diverse geographic and functional landscape

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.

The Vendor Strategy and Operations Team provides a central vendor management strategy and framework enabling Google Customer Solutions (GCS) to scale operations globally in a sustainable and efficient way.

As the Global Lead of Special Projects and Change Management will lead a team of Googlers to design and execute global initiatives that are aimed at making GCS vendor partner operations significantly more scalable, reliable, and outcome-oriented. In addition, in line with our agile way of working, this person will also pitch in on high priority ad hoc and critical run-the-business initiatives including annual business planning and governance.

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

Develop scalable and impactful vendor solutions to complex, ambiguous, and high-visibility global business challenges while being comfortable with a consistently revolving set of high-impact priorities and projects to work on.

Lead change management and communications strategy for complex business-driven vendor operations initiatives, from beginning to end and assess the needs of the project, develop and get buy-in, implement the plan, and track effectiveness.

Work with cross-functional partners to ensure the successful evolution and execution of vendor programs.

Drive annual business planning and governance for vendor operations.

Build and lead a high performing team of Googlers.

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