Head of Strategic Projects, Go-To-Market, Americas

This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.

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Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA .

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in a management consulting, sales operations, business strategy or corporate advisory role.
• 5 years of experience working with executive stakeholders.
• Experience in people management.

Preferred qualifications:

• MBA or advanced degree in Business, Economics, Quantitative, or a related technical field.
• Experience in consulting, investment banking, venture capital, private equity, corporate development, or general management/strategy.
• Experience advising and influencing C-suite or VP-level executives on high-stakes decisions.
• Experience with investment allocation, business planning, or capital/resource prioritization in a large commercial organization.
• Ability to set strategy for and leading large-scale, cross-functional transformations from goal through execution.
• Ability to build new functions, platforms, or operating models from the ground up and scaling them across a large organization.

About the job

Google's Global Business Organization (GBO) Go-to-Market (GTM) Operations team sets strategy and drives flawless execution across the complex Ads business. Within GTM, Americas Business Strategy and Operations (ABS&O) partners with Americas Large Customer Sales (ALCS), Google's largest business-carrying unit serving major advertisers across the US, Canada, and LATAM, turning company priorities and early-stage ideas into analytics-backed growth initiatives.

Inside ABS&O, the Strategic Projects team serves as ALCS's strategic incubator, building launchpads that propel Google advertising into its next frontier. We partner with senior leadership to shape core organizational investments, prototype AI-first execution models, and lead cross-organization, leadership-sponsored special projects, grounded in five core values:

- Win Anyway: deliver impact through any challenge. - Lead from the Front: take initiative and set the pace for others. - Build Beautifully: hold a high bar for clarity, quality, and impact. - Principle Over Process: prioritize what's right over what's convenient. - Fun is a Feature: bring energy and positivity. As Head of Strategic Projects, you will lead this incubator end-to-end, advising VPs and senior executives on critical decisions and shaping the strategic direction of Google's largest commercial business. You will deliver transformational outcomes at pace while building enduring platforms, talent, and partnerships across GTM, Sales, Finance, Marketing, and Product.

Alongside team traits of dynamic problem-solving, ownership bias, and clarity with optimism, you bring enterprise goal to define bold bets, executive judgment to navigate high-stakes ambiguity with discretion and trust, and talent multiplication to grow a high-performing team of Leads and Associates.

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

US: $234000 - $325000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Design and scale operating models, frameworks, and processes that deliver durable growth and impact for ALCS.
• Lead initiatives such as shaping organization investments, prototyping AI-first models, and driving leadership-sponsored efforts that bring strategic platforms to life.
• Own a portfolio of high-trust, high-judgment initiatives sponsored by senior leadership, flexing team capacity to the business's most urgent priorities.
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to GBO leaders on key strategic initiatives, framing trade-offs, synthesizing insights into clear recommendations, and shaping the key business decisions.
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of leads and associates; set the operating model, staffing, and talent standards that make strategic projects a career springboard and a magnet for top talent.