Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a business or quantitative discipline (e.g., Business Administration, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Physics) or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of experience in management consulting or other business strategy role.
• Experience in analytics.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with financial modeling, SQL, and data visualization.
• Experience communicating and influencing a range of audiences, including executives.
• Experience in technology or media industries.
• Excellent business judgement skills with the ability to impact large-scale strategic initiatives.
• Excellent attention to detail, problem-solving, investigative, presentation, and communication skills.

About The Job

The YouTube Strategy, Analytics, and Finance team’s mission is to make YouTube more valuable by identifying and steering the business towards opportunities, guiding the organization to make the best possible decisions, and enabling effective implementation with proactive and trusted risk management. Within this group, the Strategy team operates similar to a dedicated internal management consulting team, driving high-impact projects commissioned directly by YouTube’s executive leadership. The team leads projects that drive recommendations on YouTube’s most consequential trends, opportunities, and challenges – from navigating the rise of genAI and short-form video, to analyzing new business opportunities like Google Shopping, to capturing growth in subscriptions, to responsibly managing the health of the creator and partner ecosystem, and more.

As a Strategy Associate, you will drive our team’s initiatives forward with the coaching of principals and directors by applying critical thinking; researching key trends across users, creators, and performers; analyzing data; and synthesizing recommendations on major business decisions. Your work will inform key business decisions and catalyze successful launches with cross-functional teams. You will collaborate with YouTube’s leadership and work with colleagues across functions, including Product, Business, Engineering, Partnerships, Marketing, Sales teams, and more.The US base salary range for this full-time position is $96,000-$138,000 + 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

• Break down problems with frameworks and detailed action plans.
• Perform quantitative analysis (e.g., sophisticated financial modeling, SQL queries) and qualitative analysis (e.g., analyzing key trends).
• Articulate information through compelling reports and presentations tailored to a variety of audiences across levels of management and functions.
• Cultivate relationships with teams and influence cross-functionally to achieve shared objectives.
• Advocate the culture through embodying a learning mentality, an ownership mindset, and strong teamwork orientation.

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