Head of Cloud Storage, Strategy and Operations

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 15 years of experience in management consulting, product management and strategy, or analytics in a technology company.
  
• 3 years of experience managing or leading teams.
  
• Experience working with and analyzing data, and managing multiple cross-functional programs or projects.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Advanced degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• Experience with R, SQL, spreadsheets, or similar analytics tools.
  
• Experience working with product and engineering teams
  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  

About the job

Product and Business Strategy Leaders bring together teams across Google’s functions to help products execute optimally. Our team pushes Google to scale at key points that refine our products and infrastructure by executing efficiently, bringing solid business sense and sound judgment, and working effectively across organizational lines.

Our roles often include components of strategy (e.g. analyzing and understanding new trends in the industry, building business plans), operations (e.g. running the cadence of organizations, connecting the operating lines between our functions), and communications. Our team partners with senior leadership to run important functions that cross-cut our existing organizations and deliver high impact projects. We help Engineers, PMs, UX, and all of our other functions to build amazing products that delight our users, and then get those products into their hands.

The Product Strategy and Operations team for Cloud Storage serves as support of the organization within Data Cloud, bridging the gap between Google Cloud goals and execution. The team ensures that leadership stays aligned through executive reviews and a streamlined operating model. This function transforms organizational complexity into clarity, allowing product and engineering teams to remain focused on innovation while maintaining a cohesive direction. The team also drives cross-functional programs that accelerate business growth and organizational maturity. From optimizing go-to-market readiness to leading transformation initiatives, Strategy and Operations acts as a versatile partner to leadership. By fostering collaboration across silos and refining internal processes, the team builds a scalable foundation that supports the delivery of infrastructure at Google Cloud.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $214,000-$302,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. 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

• Define and lead the rhythm of the business (RoB), including executive business reviews, leadership offsites, and cross-functional alignment forums. Oversee the annual and quarterly planning processes, ensuring OKRs are ambitious, measurable, and directly tied to resource allocation.
• Build and maintain an analytics framework to track product health, adoption metrics, and financial performance across the portfolio.
  
• Act as the point of contact between product, engineering, finance, and go-to-market teams to eliminate silos and resolve operational issues.
• Partner with Finance and HR to manage headcount, budget, and engineering capacity, ensuring lean but effective deployment of talent.