Director, Product, Strategy and Operations

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business/tech or equivalent practical experience
• 15 years of professional experience or 13 years with an advanced degree
• Experience with relevant domains: Strategy and Operations, Product Management, Engineering, Operations, or Finance/Investment Banking/Venture Capital

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working across multiple functions including Engineering, Product, and Finance, with working knowledge of Legal and Operations
• Ability to influence others and drive change
• Excellent project management skills and ability to keep multiple priorities moving at the same time
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to communicate effectively with multiple levels including executive leadership, peers, managers, and junior staff

About the job

Global Security Technology and Risk (gSTAR) is made up of Technical Infrastructure (TI) Security and Cloud CISO. Between these functions all of Google is defended at the infrastructure layer and with Cloud CISO. This is a global team of professionals with a complex and diverse set of activities that is mission critical for Alphabet.

This role is central to the success of the gSTAR teams that support the security of our planet-spanning TI that powers Google Product Areas including Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that extends that infrastructure to enterprise customers.

As Director, you will drive horizontal initiatives and strategies across the organization and the broader community. You will identify and articulate strategic opportunities and collaborate with leadership to implement them. You will identify issues across organizations and create actionable programs and initiatives to solve them by delegating the execution of those programs to the team or adjacent teams. You will partner with our internal and external stakeholders and understand their diverse set of needs. You will utilize an understanding of Google product knowledge and operations. You will build and lead teams, providing ongoing coaching and feedback. You will set team priorities, structure work, and monitor progress. You will also engage in community contributions to improve and sustain our culture and operations, making Google a better place to work.

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 $253,000-$363,000 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 program management for new security programs. Lead core operations and business cadence, and establish and lead operating processes and tools for effectively managing the organization.
• Partner closely across functions relevant to the business, including Product and Engineering, Sales, Comms/PR, Marketing, People Operations, Finance, Legal and Operations. Own and communicate the strategic business narrative. Partner on behalf of the business with cross-functional teams on key strategic initiatives.
• Identify problems and issues, often spanning organizational or functional boundaries, and creative programs and processes to solve them.
• Step in to lead critical projects based on emergent business needs. Serve as a proxy on behalf of leadership with cross-functional partners.
• Provide data-driven strategic recommendations to leadership based on analysis, technical acumen, experience and judgment. Communicate strategic recommendations and findings to executive management and the broader organization.