Strategy & Operations (S&O) professionals in Google’s Marketing organization provide business critical insights and analytics, ensure cross-functional alignment of goals and execution, and help teams drive strategic partnerships and new initiatives forward. Whether you are embedded within a specific marketing team to use insights to enable better marketing decisions or the global S&O function to equip the organization to succeed at scale, you will engage with Google leadership in order to establish Marketing’s strategic direction. You will manage planning and operational processes and work cross-functionally with key partners across Marketing, Product, Finance and Engineering to solve our toughest challenges, advocate for high-priority projects, and drive greater operational excellence within Marketing.
To be successful in this role, you have a hypothesis-driven approach to problem solving, effective quantitative and communication skills, and the ability to take on broad-reaching and ambiguous questions while working collaboratively and cross-functionally with Googlers of all levels.
This is a Fixed-Term Contract position (FTC) for 6 months.
Know the user. Know the magic. Connect the two. At its core, marketing at Google starts with technology and ends with the user, bringing both together in unconventional ways. Our job is to demonstrate how Google's products solve the world's problems--from the everyday to the epic, from the mundane to the monumental. And we approach marketing in a way that only Google can--changing the game, redefining the medium, making the user the priority, and ultimately, letting the technology speak for itself.
Responsibilities
- Develop a deep understanding of the UK market, user needs, and competitive landscape across our product portfolio to help shape local marketing strategy and campaigns.
- Support the day-to-day operations, timelines, and stakeholder communication for marketing campaigns and outreach programs to drive seamless collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
- Support the team running leadership forums, weekly meetings, and offsites to drive leadership alignment and foster team culture.
- Manage and track marketing budgets for assigned projects and campaigns, ensuring effective allocation of resources and maximising return on investment.
- Define success metrics, monitor campaign performance across initiatives, and deliver regular reports with actionable insights to key local and global stakeholders.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
- 2 years of experience in marketing, brand management, strategy consulting, agency, technology, or related fields through full time roles, internships, projects, or academic classes.
- Experience in working with AI tools.
- Ability to communicate in English fluently to support client relationship management in this region.
Preferred qualifications:
- Knowledgeable about and highly passionate about Google's products, technology, and leadership in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) space.
- Proven ability to manage multiple operational tasks or projects simultaneously while paying strict attention to detail and timelines.
- Ability to utilize spreadsheets or data visualization tools.
- Ability to work in ambiguous, fast-changing environments.
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills.