Associate, Business Operations and Strategy Job in Mountain View, California US
Associate, Business Operations and Strategy - Mountain View
This position is based in Mountain View, CA.
The area: Business and Operations Strategy
The Business Operations and Strategy team at Google plays a critical role in defining and driving strategic, operational, and organizational improvements across the company. Founded in 2003, BizOps is a high-profile, high-impact team working with Google's businesses across the globe. BizOps works on a range of critical projects and issues -- from growth strategies for exciting products like YouTube, Chrome, and Mobile; to engineering prioritization and global sales force alignment; to partner development and strategy work in emerging markets such as Africa and India. As a member of the BizOps team, you are at the forefront in helping Google clarify fast-moving strategic priorities, tackle operational challenges, and enable innovation.
The role: Associate, Business Operations and Strategy
Google's leadership team hand-picks thorny business challenges, and members of BizOps work in small teams to find solutions. As part of this team you fully immerse yourself in data collection, draw insight from analysis, and then zoom out to develop compelling, synthesized recommendations. Taking strategy one step further, you also persuasively communicate your recommendations to senior-level executives, roll-up your sleeves to help drive implementation and check back-in to see the impact of your recommendations.
As an Associate in Business Operations and Strategy, you are the ultimate data expert and thrive on solving highly analytical problems, conducting interviews and synthesizing ideas. You will work with a small team on projects commissioned by Google's executive team, managing your own workstream(s) as you go.
Responsibilities:
- Structure complex, ambiguous, and potentially charged business issues for Google's executive team
- Gather and analyze massive amounts of information expeditiously
- Develop compelling, insightful recommendations
- Build consensus among cross-functional teams and influence decision making within senior-level audiences
- Lead execution against recommendations quickly and with flawless accuracy
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree (In lieu of degree, 4 years relevant work experience)
- 2 years of post-graduate level experience at a management consulting firm, corporate strategy organization, or investment bank
Preferred Qualifications:
- Early stage company experience
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills and impeccable business judgment; professional distinction in thought leadership and innovation
- Solid communication and interpersonal skills; ability to be personable yet persistent
- Superior modeling and presentation skills
- Penchant for technology
