Technical Strategy and Operations Lead, gTech

As a candidate for the position within gTech Ads at Google, you will have the opportunity to choose your preferred working location from the following options: Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Gurugram, Haryana, India. **Role Overview:** gTech Ads is responsible for providing support and technical services for customers of all sizes across Google's entire Ad products stack. The team's mission is to ensure that key AI and automation initiatives for gTech Ads activate their full business impact. As a member of the Global Server Operations (gSO) Tools, Automation, and Infrastructure (TAI) team, you will play a crucial role in bridging engineering execution and business strategy. **Key Responsibilities:** - Lead multi-quarter technical programs from conception to business impact, ensuring alignment with gTech Ads' AI and Automation priorities. - Partner with engineering to conduct technical due diligence, evaluate scope, and set milestones, challenging engineering on sequencing based on technical knowledge. - Serve as the primary storyteller for initiatives, translating progress tracking into decision-making insights for leadership. - Manage a portfolio of programs, establish processes to track progress, manage dependencies, facilitate leadership reviews, and triage feature requests and bugs. **Qualifications Required:** - Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. - 4 years of experience in Go-to-Market Strategy, Sales Operations, Strategy and Operations, Management Consulting, Finance, or Program Management. - Experience managing business activities such as annual business planning, headcount management, running business reviews, or goal setting. **Preferred Qualifications:** - MBA or other relevant advanced degree. - Experience tailoring and delivering reporting and presentations, leading conversations that drive results. - Collaboration with cross-functional teams and influencing without authority to drive operational excellence. - Experience working with software engineers or technical consultants. - Experience in technical program management, delivering cross-functional programs. - Executive stakeholder management with the ability to translate technical data into narratives. Google is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunity regardless of various factors. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please complete the Accommodations for Applicants form to inform Google. This job offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI and automation initiatives within the gTech Ads team at Google, contributing to the development and enhancement of tools and services to improve customer experience and drive operational excellence. As a candidate for the position within gTech Ads at Google, you will have the opportunity to choose your preferred working location from the following options: Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Gurugram, Haryana, India. **Role Overview:** gTech Ads is responsible for providing support and technical services for customers of all sizes across Google's entire Ad products stack. The team's mission is to ensure that key AI and automation initiatives for gTech Ads activate their full business impact. As a member of the Global Server Operations (gSO) Tools, Automation, and Infrastructure (TAI) team, you will play a crucial role in bridging engineering execution and business strategy. **Key Responsibilities:** - Lead multi-quarter technical programs from conception to business impact, ensuring alignment with gTech Ads' AI and Automation priorities. - Partner with engineering to conduct technical due diligence, evaluate scope, and set milestones, challenging engineering on sequencing based on technical knowledge. - Serve as the primary storyteller for initiatives, translating progress tracking into decision-making insights for leadership. - Manage a portfolio of programs, establish processes to track progress, manage dependencies, facilitate leadership reviews, and triage feature requests and bugs. **Qualifications Required:** - Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. - 4 years of experience in Go-to-Market Strategy, Sales Operations, Strategy and Operations, Management Consulting, Finance, or Program Management. - Experience managing business activities such as annual business planning, headcount management, running business reviews, or goal setting. **Preferred Qualifications:** - MBA or other relevant advanced degree. - Experience tailoring and delivering reporting and presentations, leading conversations that drive results. - Collaboration with cross-functional teams and influencing without authority to drive operational excellence. - Experience working with software engineers or technical consultants. - Experience in technical program management, delivering cross-functional programs. - Executive stakeholder management with the ability to translate technical data