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analysts and structural strategists to keep Google on the path of organizational innovation.

Business Operations Associate

Position based in Mountain View, CA.

Google is the world's largest search engine and is also one of the most-visited sites on the internet. We are a public, NASDAQ-listed company [GOOG] with over 3,000 employees and have been profitable for over three years. Google's mission is to: Organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.

We are looking for seasoned, savvy, and energetic professionals for the role of Business Operations Associate. The Business Operations group leads company-wide strategic and operational initiatives critical to the ongoing growth of the company. Initiatives the team has led include: Entering a new Asian market; entering two Latin American markets; evaluation and planning of several new product ideas; redefining our sales channel strategy; and streamlining several core internal business processes to increase efficiency and scalability. The Associate's role will be to provide the analytic "horsepower", communications skills, leadership, and business judgment to drive similar initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated top quartile performance in a consulting, investment banking, or management trainee role, and have graduated at or near the top of his or her class from a leading academic institution. We are looking for self-starters who can work in a rapidly changing industry, tolerate ambiguity, and demonstrate problem-solving leadership with limited oversight.

Responsibilities:

Play a pivotal role in all aspects of company-wide strategic and operational improvement initiatives - identifying issues, forming hypotheses, synthesizing conclusions into recommendations, and helping implement change.
Provide the business analytic horsepower to help drive initiatives that are critical to the ongoing growth of the company.
Help communicate findings and recommendations to business group leadership.
Manage discrete pieces of the problem at hand.
Lead smaller initiatives (applicable to candidates with project management experience or graduate degrees).

Requirements:

Bachelors degree, preferably from a leading institution; degree in computer science, engineering, or other technical field strongly preferred; graduate degree optional.
2 to 4 years experience in management consulting, investment banking, or in a management trainee/rotation program.
Demonstrated top quartile performance in prior roles, with increasing levels of responsibility and independence.
Distinctive problem solving and analysis skills, combined with impeccable business judgment.
Experience in the software, internet, or media industries preferred, but not required.
Superior Excel financial modeling skills; proficient PowerPoint skills.
Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills.
Highly organized; time management and attention to detail a must.

For immediate consideration, please send a Word or text version of your resume to jobs@google.com. Important: The subject field of your email must include Business Operations Associate - Mountain View.

Business Operations Project Manager

Position based in Mountain View, CA.

Google is the world's largest search engine and is also one of the most-visited sites on the internet. We are a public, NASDAQ-listed company [GOOG] with over 3,000 employees and have been profitable for over three years. Google's mission is to: Organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.

We are looking for seasoned, savvy, and energetic professionals for the role of Business Operations Project Manager. The Business Operations group leads company-wide strategic and operational initiatives critical to the ongoing growth of the company. Initiatives the team has led include: Entering a new Asian market; entering two Latin American markets; evaluation and planning of several new product ideas; redefining our sales channel strategy; and streamlining several core internal business processes to increase efficiency and scalability. The Project Manager's role will be to provide the project management skills, analytic "horsepower", and business judgment to drive similar initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated top quartile performance in a consulting, investment banking, or line management role, and have graduated at or near the top of his or her class from a leading graduate program and undergraduate academic institution. We are looking for self-starters who can work in a rapidly changing industry, tolerate ambiguity, and demonstrate problem-solving leadership with limited oversight. Experience in a technology-driven industry is required, and fluency in a language other than English is helpful.

Responsibilities:

Work with the company's senior executive leadership to define and launch mission critical strategic and operational initiatives.
Assume primary responsibility for structuring and executing operational and strategic initiatives - developing work plans, gathering and synthesizing relevant data, leading analyses, and developing final recommendations.
Lead cross-functional, global teams to get work done.
Clearly communicate findings from initiatives to senior management and to the broader organization.
Be accountable for driving recommendations through to implementation.

Requirements:

3 to 5 years experience at the associate/project manager level at a leading consulting firm or investment bank, or equivalent project management experience in a line role for a high growth technology firm.
A track record of leading projects in a technology-intensive industry.
Demonstrated top quartile performance in prior roles, with increasing levels of responsibility and independence; demonstrated ability to lead and drive complex operational and strategic initiatives.
Distinctive problem solving and analysis skills, combined with impeccable business judgment and ability to communicate with highly technical management team.
Graduate degree from a leading business school, or from a leading computer science or engineering program; Undergraduate degree in computer science, engineering or other technical field strongly preferred, but not required.
Experience in the software, internet, or media industries strongly preferred.
Superior Microsoft Excel modeling skills; proficient PowerPoint skills.
Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills.