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Product Activation Manager, YouTube Go-To-Market Strategy and Operations

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New York, NYJob$124–177K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
$124–177K/yr
Location
New York, NY
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Product Activation Manager will lead go-to-market strategy and product activation for YouTube’s Emerging Experiences and Community products in the Americas. The role works with global product and regional partnerships teams to support launches, drive adoption, synthesize regional feedback, and inform product roadmaps. The team also leads strategic initiatives to grow and support YouTube’s creator and partner ecosystem.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

YouTube Partner Ecosystem KnowledgeCreator Ecosystem KnowledgeEmerging Technology OperationsInitiativeFlexibilityCommunicationStorytellingPresentation DevelopmentBusiness AcumenProblem SolvingAnalysis

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Practical Experience4 Years Management Consulting, Sales Operations, Business Strategy or Corporate Advisory Experience3 Years Strategy and Operations or Consulting Experience3 Years Executive Stakeholder ExperienceEnglish Proficiency

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XNote: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; San Bruno, CA, USA .

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

  • 4 years of experience in a management consulting, sales operations, business strategy or corporate advisory role.

  • 3 years of experience in a strategy and operations or consulting role.

  • 3 years of experience working with executive stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Knowledge of YouTube large partners and creator ecosystem or emerging experiences and tech operations as well as the customer and competitive contexts in which they operate.

  • Ability to take initiatives and operate with flexibility in a fast-paced, high energy, constantly evolving, team environment.

  • Strong communications skills and exceptional ability to structure a compelling story line and build presentation decks/documents to support their position.

  • Strong business sense with distinctive problem-solving and analysis skills.

About the job

The YouTube Business Product Activation Team is responsible for bringing product to market and market to product. The team works closely with both business and product leaders to scale adoption of YouTube products across the partner and creator ecosystem.

The core capabilities of the team include: designing go-to-market strategies, identifying and prioritizing product activation opportunities across the business, ensuring launch readiness, defining and driving execution on product activation across segments, understanding needs of partners and creators to provide Product teams with market feedback and prioritization to shape product roadmaps, developing content strategy, collecting and synthesizing user feedback, and tracking performance.

The YouTube AMER Business Strategy and Operations Team is responsible for leading global, cross-functional, strategic initiatives to drive growth and health of the YouTube creator and partner ecosystem. The core capabilities of the team include strategic planning, product activation, and business strategy and operations.

At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $124000 - $177000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

  • Own the product go-to-market strategy in Americas (AMER) for Emerging Experiences and Community (EMCO) products (including Shorts, GenAI, Live, Gaming).

  • Work seamlessly with Global Product Activation team and the AMER YouTube Partnerships team to drive business outcomes and product adoption goals, while also leading cross­-functional projects working with broad stakeholder set.

  • Support the launch of EMCO products and features in AMER markets.

  • Synthesize and prioritize regional product feedback, make recommendations on product roadmap to global.

  • Collaborate with global product, regional and country teams on pilots, program assessments, and cross-functional engagements to drive market growth and support business plan

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Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) .

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Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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How this job compares

Set against the 835 open Business Strategy jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$124–177K/yr
  • New York median$151–205K/yr76 salary ranges
  • US median$129–221K/yr557 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $151K, is 15% below the New York median midpoint ($176K) — in the middle half of Business Strategy salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 102 open Business Strategy jobs in New York and 835 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Business Strategy postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (593 postings).
Education
309 of the 835 open Business Strategy jobs (37%) 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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