Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in management consulting, sales operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, private equity or corporate advisory or 4 years of experience with an advanced degree.
  
• 3 years of corporate or executive customer relations experience. Experience working with customers and internal executive stakeholders.
  
• 2 years of experience developing business strategies or managing cross-functional initiatives.
  
• Experience with problem solving, structuring and delivering analysis, using spreadsheets and presentations.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• MBA or Master's degree in business, finance, or a related technical field.
• Experience working with Product/Engineering teams to build experiences for all users or working with marketing to drive creator strategy.
  
• Experience working with complex data sets and the ability to thrive in ambiguity and environments with fast-growing products.
  
• Experience implementing strategic initiative projects in a demanding, change-oriented, and fast-paced environment requiring a high productivity.
  
• Experience working in eCommerce and the creator economy.
  
• Ability to understand the implications of data analysis and deliver a conclusive, strategic storyline to executive leadership in order to drive decisions.
  

About the job

The YouTube Shopping Product Activation team brings YouTube Shopping products to market and the market to products. You will answer strategic questions to help grow our Shopping business, including identifying and prioritizing product activation opportunities across the product and business, ensuring launch readiness, defining and driving execution on product activation across segments, understanding needs of creators, merchants, and viewers to provide Product teams with market feedback and prioritization to shape product roadmaps, developing content strategy, and tracking performance.

At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $134,000-$198,000 + 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

• Lead and drive strategy and operations efforts as part of YouTube Shopping Go-to-Market with an understanding of dynamics and trends of partners and creators, uncovered through data analysis. Drive hypothesis driven business strategy for YouTube Shopping across users, merchants, and creators.
• Plan and conduct business analysis by understanding creators, their needs, behaviors, and demands leveraging feedback sources and market intelligence to influence the product roadmap.
  
• Analyze drivers of creator adoption and identify opportunities for investments and manage product activation initiatives.
  
• Evolve the system to systematically capture and elevate market demands into the product by collaborating closely with the technical product leadership team.
  
• Partner with product teams, stakeholders, and cross-functional partners to drive alignment, execution, and communication to accelerate creator adoption and growth on shopping products.