Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 10 years of experience with strategy and operations in hardware.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience building strategy and working with senior executives and stakeholders.
• High tolerance for ambiguity and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with an entrepreneurial approach.
• Ability to connect the dots across teams, insights and initiatives.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills with the ability to distill complex analysis to simple communications.
• Excellent communication, spreadsheet, presentation design and people skills.

About the job

A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. That's why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Program Manager at Google, you'll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish - working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.

Our goal is to build a Google that looks like the world around us - and we want Googlers to stay and grow when they join us. As part of our efforts to build a Google for everyone, we build diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and we aim to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout the company.

As the Head of Strategy and Operations, you will help drive forward the strategic direction and outlook of the team and priorities. This role will have a particular focus on ensuring resources are aligned to strategies and priorities and enabling annual plans and periodic reviews to ensure team capabilities are optimized, processes are in place and resources are allocated most effectively.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $208,000-$296,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. 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

• Improve efficiency and effectiveness within the broader organization which spans across product areas and geographies, driving both the strategic vision and process improvement.
• Oversee major product/platform reviews, forums, goal-setting, and escalation for the organization.
• Identify problems and issues, often spanning organizational or functional boundaries, and creative programs and processes to solve them.
• Work with cross-regional teams with consistency and collaboration.
• Lead core operations and business cadence.