Head of Strategy and Operations, Google Cloud, GTM

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 10 years of experience in a management consulting, sales operations, business strategy or corporate advisory role.
• 5 years of experience working with executive stakeholders.
  
• 4 years of experience managing and leading teams.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in managing executive stakeholders in a trusted advisor role, with proven communication skills and ability to distill complex insights into executive narrative.
• Track record of high productivity and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to be flexible, self-supporting, and accustomed to high-growth, ambiguous situations; motivated to learn, and comfortable working as part of a team of professionals.
• Executive storylining and communication skills, ability to craft a compelling narrative.

About the job

As a Head of Strategy and Operations, Google Cloud, go-to-market (GTM), you will jointly drive the business with the UKI executive leadership team, act as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the UKI and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Vice President, and jointly own and drive the business through structured planning and operational cadences, leveraging your direct and virtual Strategy and Operations team. You will be responsible for developing and deploying business strategy towards long-term, sustainable growth. You will solve problems, work with data, and find solutions to help the broader team succeed. You will enjoy the dynamic nature of driving a growing business and be ready to build processes, structures, and programmatic systems from the ground up that will have a positive impact on many people within the organization you support and our clients.Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the UKI/SSA VP and their Leadership Team to develop the organization’s strategy (including organization design, growth and business plan) becoming an integral part of the team.
  
• Drive the business forward by developing/executing initiatives to accelerate growth and scale.
• Establish and shape the way we work, through operational cadence, content of reviews, improvement initiatives and metrics, insights and reporting.
  
• Run the business for your region and own key processes like business reviews and quaterly business reviews (QBRs). 
  
• Measure progress against goals, be aware of gaps and develop/implement plans to bridge them.

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 .