
Strategy and Operations Lead, Global Business Applied AI, GBAI Operations
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The Strategy and Operations Lead in Google’s Global Business Applied AI organization drives complex, cross-functional initiatives and processes, owning critical business work end-to-end with limited guidance. The role partners with executives and leaders across product, engineering, legal, compliance, and finance to unlock the value of internal sales tools. It structures ambiguous problems, develops actionable insights, and supports business decision-making and change.
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XThe application window will be open until at least November 15, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.
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.
This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.
Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco 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: New York, NY, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA .
Minimum qualifications:
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Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
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6 years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, go-to-market strategy, sales operations, marketing, finance, or program/project management at a technology or media company.
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Experience with core business operations (e.g., annual business planning, headcount management, running business reviews, or target setting).
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Experience working with executive-level clients or stakeholders.
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Experience in sales operations, planning, and processes (e.g., forecasting, sales compensation, contracting).
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Experience with Go-To-Market (GTM) strategies.
Preferred qualifications:
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Excellent team-work and communication skills to synthesize complex findings into simple, compelling strategic narratives for executive audiences.
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Proven ability to structure complex, multi-variable issues, identify operational inefficiencies, and build innovative processes that prevent future roadblocks.
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Impeccable business judgment to confidently navigate senior-leader pushback, maintain composure, and drive consensus in ambiguous situations.
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Successful track record operating within globally scaled product sales, engineering, or sales technology environments.
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Strong empathy for internal sellers, proposing innovative approaches while clearly outlining risks and trade-offs.
About the job
The Product Operations team sits within the Global Business Applied AI (GBAI) team, and is responsible for leading sales tools strategy across business operations, governance, legal compliance, sales enablement, and measurement and analytics. GBAI resides within the Go to Market Operations (GTM) team and enables Google’s Business Organization (GBO) to drive customer success.
As a Strategy and Operations Lead in the Global Business Applied AI organization, you will drive complex, cross-functional projects and processes as a key contributor with limited guidance, owning critical business initiatives end-to-end. You will work directly with business executives, Director+-level stakeholders, and key leaders to unlock the full value of our internal sales tools.
You will be operating under extreme uncertainty, efficiently structuring highly ambiguous, complex problems, and generating clear, actionable insights. You will demonstrate strong decision-making leadership, a bias for action, and the ability to build trusted cross-functional partnerships across global product leads, engineering, product management, legal, compliance, and finance.
The Go-to-Market Operations (GtM) team ensures Google's complex and ever-evolving Ads business runs smoothly. We are instrumental in setting go-to-market strategy, and ensuring flawless execution and operations against the strategy. We have teams embedded in each of the major Ads business areas as well as global teams that work across the business areas. Team members are analytical and strategic, with a pragmatic sense of how to get things done.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $152000 - $221000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .
Responsibilities
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Lead and drive complex, cross-functional strategic initiatives and processes end-to-end with limited guidance, managing project scoping, planning, priorities, and milestones.
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Deconstruct highly ambiguous situations and solve complex problems that have multiple potential solutions, drawing on a wide toolkit to deliver clear insights and optimal, data-driven recommendations.
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Build and influence a broad network of relationships across the product area, including Director-level stakeholders, to align resources, build consensus on complex issues, and drive change management.
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Design reporting frameworks and analyze operational data to surface actionable insights, track progress against business objectives, and empower executive decision-making.
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Serve as a subject matter expert with a thorough understanding of the business area. Develop others by sharing expertise, teaching deep systems/product knowledge, and providing support/direction across adjacent workstreams.
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How this job compares
Set against the 2,183 open Business Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$152–221K/yr
- California median$150–214K/yr351 salary ranges
- US median$132–194K/yr1,471 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $187K, is close to the California median midpoint ($184K) — in the middle half of Business Operations salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 470 open Business Operations jobs in California and 2,183 across the US. 10% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Google (this employer)32 open
- Anduril Industries24 open
- Meta15 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Business Operations postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (1,815 postings).
- Education
- 523 of the 2,183 open Business Operations jobs (24%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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