1011195 - Functional Strategy Manager

Functional Strategy Manager

Location: London GB (GB-LON), UK-LON-CSG, Central Saint Giles, 1-13 St Giles High Street (Hybrid)
Length: ASAP to Jun 30 2026
Rate: £49.04 per hour
Hours: 9am – 6pm

Job description:
As a Functional Strategy Generalist, you contribute to core-problem structuring, owning research, data gathering, business insight, and analytic depth to support larger, more integrated, and complex strategic and operational initiatives within the PA, function, or sub-function. You interact regularly with PA, function, or sub-function stakeholders to persuasively communicate recommendations to area leadership, and influence decisions by building consensus and mobilizing towards implementation. You serve as a subject-matter specialist for a PA or function’s goals, direction, and priorities, with comprehensive knowledge of how the business area fits broadly into Google, as well as its existing OKRs, KPIs, business plans, and operating plans.

Minimum role qualifications requirement:

• 6 years of experience in management consulting, operations, business strategy, investment banking, venture capital, private equity or corporate advisory, or 4 years of experience with an advanced degree.
• 3 years of experience working with executive stakeholders.
• 2 years of experience developing business strategies or managing cross-functional initiatives.
  

Responsibilities include:

• Manage key initiatives from inception to completion, including team-wide initiatives on projects to drive alignment and increase velocity.
• Work closely with function leaders, product managers, and product area leadership to drive operationalization of recommendations.
• Synthesize, understand, and make recommendations regarding trends in the future of work, including designing business strategy and technology strategy in tandem, translating market insights into action, shortening of strategic planning cycles, transforming digital and agile development, and tapping into ecosystem partners.
• Proactively identify defined problems and issues across the PA, function, or sub-function and create programs and processes to solve them. Structure defined and sometimes vague business issues for leadership team and develop solutions to business and technical problems by documenting key requirements and supporting business case justification.
• Support executives in defining overall communications strategy across the function and regions, driving the planning of internal events and aligning internal communications.
• Establish and drive processes for effectively defining the function (e.g., OKRs, QBRs, annual planning, team meetings, budget, expenses).
• Manage workflows within the targeting and measurement processes, driving collaboration and engagement across stakeholders both to ensure timely and accurate delivery of work.
• Make recommendations regarding the development of PA, function, and/or sub-function strategies, collaborating with business area stakeholders.
• Drive strategic analysis, defining ways to optimize business performance and ensure best-in-class execution within relevant PA, function, or sub-function.
• Gather and analyse large amounts of information quickly and problem solve effectively, driving the development of compelling business recommendations.

Additional skills required include:

• Advanced proficiency in Effective questioning
• Proficiency in KPIs
• Proficiency in Change management
• Advanced proficiency in Business insights and analysis
• Proficiency in Leadership alignment and stakeholder influence
• Advanced proficiency in Business area knowledge
• Advanced proficiency in Systems analysis
• Proficiency in Project management skills
• Advanced proficiency in Data analysis
• Advanced proficiency in Stakeholder management
• Proficiency in Negotiation