Research and Insights Associate, Android Ecosystem Strategy

Google

Mountain View, CA

JOB DETAILS
JOB TYPE
Full-time, Employee
SKILLS
Alliance/Partner Management, Analysis Skills, Android, Business Plan, Business Strategy, Cadence, Communication Skills, Computer Science, Cross-Functional, Customer/Consumer Behavior, Data Analysis, Data Modeling Tools, Data Sets, Data Visualization, Database Programming Languages, Economics, Ecosystems, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Forecasting, Leadership, Management Consulting, Management Strategy, Mathematics, Mobile Operating System, Multitasking, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer), Operations Planning, Performance Analysis, Performance Metrics, Physics, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Product Development, Product Engineering, Product Management, Product Strategy, Project/Program Management, Python Programming/Scripting Language, R Programming Language, SQL (Structured Query Language), Smartphones, Spreadsheets, Statistics, Strategic Analysis, Tableau, Technology Analysis, Trend Analysis, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Wearables, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Mountain View, CA
POSTED
Today

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 4 years of experience in management consulting, product management and strategy, or analytics in a technology company.
  • 2 years of experience in an investigative role performing tasks such as data analytics and data modeling utilizing tools (e.g., SQL, Tableau, spreadsheet).
  • Experience with project management, cross-functional collaboration, and stakeholder engagement.
  • Experience working with and analyzing data, and managing multiple projects.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Statistics).
  • Experience managing multiple projects.
  • Experience working with product and engineering teams.
  • Experience with R, SQL, spreadsheets, or similar analytics tools.
  • Experience manipulating, analyzing, and scaling data sets, data visualization, statistical analysis and database languages (e.g. SQL, R/Python, similar tools).
  • 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.Android is Google’s mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more. We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $126,000-$181,000 + 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

  • Collaborate with various business stakeholders to understand business goals and market environment to develop hypotheses, execute research or analyses, and inform product and business strategies in partnership with cross-functional teams.
  • Generate forward-looking insights for assigned product areas by collating externally and internally available research, combined with analyses of relevant user/device behavioral data to synthesize into forecasts, opportunities for the product teams to invest in.
  • Define business performance metrics, track business performance, and competitive landscape to support creation of “State of the Union” insights to key Platforms and Ecosystems (P&E) leaders on a periodic basis.
  • Develop compelling presentations for leadership on business challenges and opportunities.
  • Serve as the subject matter expert on assigned products, features, and associated strategies.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

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