Google Looking For Strategy and Operations Lead, Android TV Partnerships at New York, NY Full Time

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: Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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

5 years of experience in consulting, corporate strategy, investment banking, private equity, or other strategy role.

Experience in managing global initiatives with cross-functional partners including business development, product, engineers, marketing, and finance.

Experience working with OEMs, Hardware, OTT, Smart Home, IoT, or Media and Entertainment.

Preferred qualifications:
MBA or Master’s degree in a strategy, marketing, management or technical field.

Understanding of and passion for Google products.

Ability to grasp complex technical and product concepts and formulate and articulate business, financial, and other points of value with partners as well as internal teams.

Excellent critical thinking, and problem solving skills.

About the job

The Business Strategy and 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.

Google TV, Android TV, and Chromecast with Google TV are products that help shape the future of television and the connected home as consumers continue to adopt Over-the-Top and connected TV viewing. The TV Partnerships teams drive strategic partnerships with a range of players including TV Original Equipment Manufacturers and Operators, retailers, and media and entertainment companies to enhance the consumer experience on the TV, and increase distribution of Google’s living room products globally.

The Strategy and Operations team brings together teams across organizations and functions to develop partnership strategies and help with the execution between Google’s partnerships and product teams. The Strategy Operations team has a wide variety of responsibilities including components of strategy (i.e, analyzing and understanding new trends in the industry, building business plans), operations (i.e., managing the annual planning process, running the cadence of Business Development organizations), and communications (to teams, the rest of Google, our partners, management, etc).

Google’s Global Partnerships team powers extraordinary user experiences through partnerships that solve users’ needs, advance our partners’ goals, and further Google’s mission. Our team provides meaningful solutions — from helping publishers and developers grow their businesses through monetization solutions, to helping our long-term partners anticipate and navigate change in a way that delivers economic and reputational value. We build and distribute products through partnerships across a multitude of product areas, including Ads, Search & Assistant, Geo, Platforms & Ecosystems, Devices & Services, Health, Retail, Payments, Next Billion Users, and more. We collaborate across Google, ensuring a coordinated approach when engaging with our most complex and strategic partners.

Responsibilities

Assist in developing the long-term partnerships strategy to drive objectives and key results for Google/Android TV partnerships teams.

Drive operating cadence for Product Business Development area(s), including financial and headcount planning, objective and key results, etc.

Independently manage product area-wide deep dives and initiatives to drive broader and meaningful impact on the TV partnership ecosystem, and manage product Go-to-Market efforts coordinating across Business Development Marketing and Product teams.

Bring industry expertise to cross-functional teams, including Business Development, Product, Merchandising, and Marketing to help develop, align, and position Android’s cross-functional strategy and approach.

Build and maintain relationships with key Business Development and product stakeholders to accelerate key projects, remove roadblocks, and reduce organizational friction across teams.

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.