Program Analyst, App Development, Google Customer Solutions (On-site)

About the job

The App Development (AppDev) Ads business helps App Developers across the app marketing lifecycle from launching new apps to reengaging existing Google Customer Solutions customers.

In this role, you will be responsible for developing the analytical aspects of our AppDev go-to-market strategy. You will learn more about the exciting, fast-growing world of app businesses (e.g. gaming), by addressing highly ambiguous business challenges and ensuring the smooth execution and implementation of these solutions through the global AppDev Sales teams. You will also get exposure to executive stakeholders across the business and globally while working on these high-impact projects.

When our millions of advertisers and publishers are happy, so are we! Our Google Customer Solutions (GCS) team of entrepreneurial, enthusiastic and client-focused members are the "human face" of Google, helping entrepreneurs both individually and broadly build their online presence and grow their businesses. We are dedicated to growing the unique needs of advertising companies. Our teams of strategists, analysts, advisers and support specialists collaborate closely to spot and analyze customer needs and trends. In collaboration, we create and implement business plans broadly for all types of businesses.

Responsibilities

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• Analyze business drivers, trends, and operating metrics to drive actionable insights for executive business reviews.
  
• Partner closely with other cross-functional teams to drive strategic and operational alignment on key initiatives.
  
• Drive various cross-functional projects and planning initiatives, and own parts of larger team initiatives both on an on-going basis and on an ad-hoc basis.
  
• Be an excellent communicator, an agile and creative problem solver, build relationships and collaborate across functions, and drive organizational-wide impact.
  
• Prepare presentations and communicate findings from initiatives to management and the broader organization.
  

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

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• Bachelor's degree in business, a quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
  
• 3 years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, investment banking, or equivalent field.
  
• 2 years of experience manipulating data sets using SQL, analyzing datasets, and converting them into actionable insights.
  
• Experience in project management across multiple priorities.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

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• Ability to take complex data and translate into a meaningful and coherent story with real-time visualization dashboards.
  
• Ability to work in a fast-changing, ambiguous, and dynamic environment, with an entrepreneurial approach.
  
• Excellent communications skills, and ability to structure a compelling storyline and build presentation decks/briefing documents.
  
• Long-term strategic thinking, balanced with near-term execution skills.
  
• Operational excellence combined with excellent business acumen, problem solving, project management, and analytical skills.
  

Additional InstructionsNote: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location for this position from the following: Redwood City, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USAGoogle 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.