Global Strategy and Operations Associate, YouTube Marketing

info_outline XThis 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. Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Los Angeles, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Chicago, IL, USA. Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. 2 years of experience in a management consulting, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, or private equity role. Experience working with clients, executives, or other partners. Experience developing business strategies or executing cross-functional initiatives. Preferred qualifications: Experience in a role requiring distinctive business judgment, rigorous problem-solving, quantitative analysis, and communicating findings to senior management. Experience with analytical tools/techniques (SQL, statistical analysis, predictive modeling, spreadsheet software). Familiarity with how marketing capabilities come together to drive impact. Ability to work across teams, build relationships, and influence senior managers. Tolerance for ambiguity and ability to work in a fast-changing environment. Possess foundational understanding of market, product, organizational and cross-functional nuances with an awareness of when to seek additional support and guidance. About the job YouTube Marketing’s mission is to know our users, and to connect them to the magic of our products and creators. We make YouTube successful by shaping people’s perceptions of YouTube and inspiring them to engage with us. We’re also responsible for all of YouTube’s marketing activities to consumers, creators, and key opinion influencers. As a part of YouTube’s Marketing (YTM) organization, Strategy and Operations (S&O) professionals in provide business critical insights and analytics, ensure cross-functional alignment of goals and execution, and help teams drive strategic partnerships and new initiatives forward. As the Strategy and Operations Associate, you will work with teams in all YouTube geographies and collaborate cross-functionally with key leaders across Marketing, Product, Finance, and People Operations to solve our toughest challenges, execute workstreams on high priority projects, and achieve greater operational excellence within Marketing. In this role, you will devise and enable YouTube Marketing’s overall strategic and annual plans, analyzing metrics to drive business performance, and delivering high visibility strategic projects across YTM. As a part of this role, you will need strong business acumen and operational aptitude as well as exceptional people/communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across all levels. In this role, the ideal candidates should have a hypothesis-driven approach to problem-solving, strong quantitative skills, and comfort with broad-reaching and ambiguous questions.Know the user. Know the magic. Connect the two. At its core, marketing at Google starts with technology and ends with the user, bringing both together in unconventional ways. Our job is to demonstrate how Google's products solve the world's problems--from the everyday to the epic, from the mundane to the monumental. And we approach marketing in a way that only Google can--changing the game, redefining the medium, making the user the priority, and ultimately, letting the technology speak for itself.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $95000 - $136000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more about benefits at Google. Responsibilities Define problem statement and project scope to deliver against key business objectives with guidance, execute components of a projec…