Strategy and Operations Manager Ii, Google Cloud

**Minimum qualifications**:- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.- 6 years of experience in management consulting, strategy, operations, technology, or a similar field.- Experience working with executive-level clients or stakeholders.- Ability to communicate in English fluently as this is a role that requires communication with US and Canada based partners in English.**Preferred qualifications**:- MBA or other relevant advanced degree.- Experience creating insights using business analytics and SQL and presenting findings and recommendations.- Experience building lasting relationships and a proven ability to meet and exceed goals in a fast-paced and often ambiguous environment.- Proven ability to effectively manage and influence a large number of senior cross-functional stakeholders, guiding executive decision-making amidst complex organizational dynamics.- Operational accuracy combined with business acumen, problem solving, project management, and analytics.- Strategic thinking that can take broad concepts and vision to develop structured plans, actions, and measurable metrics and then effectively execute those plans.**About the job**:Google Cloud Consulting (GCC) is dedicated to accelerating organizations' digital transformation by providing infrastructure, platforms, industry solutions, and expertise. GCC delivers enterprise-grade solutions leveraging Google's cutting-edge technology on the industry's cleanest cloud. GCC connects customers with experts to foster innovation throughout their cloud journey. The organization encompasses various functions, including Professional Services, Consulting Account Leads, Pursuit Leads, and Technical Account Management, all focused on helping customers onboard, grow, expand, and become advocates of Google Cloud.The Strategy and Operations team within Google Cloud Consulting partners with the broader organization to develop go-to-market strategies, provide business-critical insights through analytics, ensure cross-functional alignment, and drive strategic partnerships and new initiatives. This team aligns high-level company priorities with day-to-day operations and helps evolve early-stage ideas into future growth.As a Strategy & Operations Manager, you will be a pivotal business partner and trusted advisor to senior leaders. You'll own and drive end-to-end cross-functional programs to enhance processes, ensure operational excellence, and standardize reporting. Leveraging data, you'll advocate the truth for business performance, crafting compelling presentations for executive reviews and strategic memorandums. You'll be the key point person for critical business cadences including annual planning, forecasting, and business reviews for the Americas region, proactively anticipating needs and minimizing "fire drills" to ensure smooth operations and execution of the Google Cloud strategy. You'll manage multiple priorities and ambiguity independently, consistently driving alignment and delivering complex programs.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.**Responsibilities**:- Orchestrate and optimize critical business cadences for the Americas region, including annual planning, forecasting, and executive business reviews, ensuring seamless execution and proactive problem-solving.- Serve as the definitive source of truth for business performance, transforming complex data into actionable insights and compelling presentations for executive consumption and strategic decision-making.- Drive process excellence and reporting standardization by independently leading end-to-end cross-functional programs, directly impacting operational efficiency and consistency.- Act as a key strategic advisor and trusted business partner to senior leadership, fostering alignment and influencing outcomes across diverse stakeholder groups.- Advocate strategic initiatives and complex program delivery across Google Cloud Consulting, navigating ambiguity and driving alignment with regional and central teams to achieve strategic goals.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 completin