Product Strategy and Operations Lead, Google Cloud Platform

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; New York, NY, USA . Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 11 years of experience in management consulting, product management and strategy, or analytics in a technology company.
• Experience working with and analyzing data, and managing multiple cross-functional programs or projects.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience partnering across engineering, product, finance, and operations to drive programs and projects.
• Experience in strategy and operational architecture, with the ability to manage multiple high-priority initiatives simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in product development or management, combined with excellent analytical thought leadership skills.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence a range of audiences, including executive leadership.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate emergent business needs across organizational boundaries.

About The Job Product and Business Strategy Leaders bring together teams across Google’s functions to help products execute optimally. Our team pushes Google to scale at key points that refine our products and infrastructure by executing efficiently, bringing solid business sense and sound judgment, and working effectively across organizational lines.

Our roles often include components of strategy (e.g. analyzing and understanding new trends in the industry, building business plans), operations (e.g. running the cadence of organizations, connecting the operating lines between our functions), and communications. Our team partners with senior leadership to run important functions that cross-cut our existing organizations and deliver high impact projects. We help Engineers, PMs, UX, and all of our other functions to build amazing products that delight our users, and then get those products into their hands.

In this role, you will help shape the future of Gemini Cloud Assist and the App Developer Platform, driving the core infrastructure that powers internal Google Cloud Platform team and third-party developers.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $177,000-$257,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership to form and evolve a unified AI-first strategic narrative, providing the product and market context necessary to guide high-stakes decision-making.
• Act as a proxy to amplify leadership effectiveness by anticipating organizational needs, bridging cross-functional gaps, and leading critical projects or offsites triggered by emergent business demands.
• Direct the full lifecycle of OKR planning and scoring while optimizing headcount and OpEx processes to ensure resources are aligned with multi-year Cloud commitments.
• Drive business speed and governance by overseeing the business, managing organizational budgets, and prioritizing leadership attention toward roadmaps.
• Manage the flow of information across product areas and GTM teams, including the execution of organizational team forums, to align stakeholders and strengthen the internal brand.

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 .