Solutions Consultant, Strategic Initiatives Lead, Partner Engagement

2 Months ago • 10-10 Years • Product Management

Job Summary

Job Description

This Solutions Consultant role within Google's Extended Workforce Solutions (xWS) team focuses on strategic initiatives and partner engagement. Responsibilities include shaping Google's extended workforce strategy, impacting regulatory, commercial, and operational decisions. The role requires planning and executing project roadmaps, developing processes, driving cross-functional initiatives (business capacity planning, escalations management), and crafting custom solutions. You'll also create executive-level communications on policy changes and compliance updates. The ideal candidate has 10+ years' experience in contingent workforce operations, vendor management, program management, and partner management with a global impact. Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential.
Must have:
  • 10+ years experience in contingent workforce operations or vendor management
  • 10+ years in program management or customer-facing role
  • 10+ years managing partners in programs with global impact
  • Develop executive-level communication
  • Develop processes and drive cross-functional initiatives
Good to have:
  • Program Management Certification (Six Sigma, PMP)
  • Experience building content from partner inputs (case studies)
  • Consulting experience
  • Excellent communication skills

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10 years of experience in contingent workforce outsourced operations or vendor management.
  • 10 years of experience in program management or a customer-facing role.
  • 10 years of experience working with and managing partners in programs, aligning stakeholders towards initiatives with global/regional impact.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Certification in Program Management for e.g. Six Sigma and Project Management Professional (PMP).
  • Experience with building content with inputs from partners in complex programs e.g. drafting business case studies and publications.
  • Experience in consulting.
  • Excellent communication skills.

About the job

gTech's Extended Workforce Solutions (xWS) team empowers Product Areas to optimize extended workforce operations while reducing risks and driving efficiency through the enforcement of Google best practices and policies. We advocate informed decision-making, ensuring our partners find the right talent in the right locations that support their product area's needs. Our collaboration across Google leads to streamlined processes, minimizing administrative burdens and optimizing the extended workforce experience. We ensure Google's policies and guidelines are consistently adhered to.

The Partner Engagement team is a part of xWS. We build essential relationships with Alphabet product areas, Bets, and the Global Procurement Office (GPO) to deliver the policies and guidelines of managing extended workforce in a consistent and scaled way across the enterprise. Our mission is to facilitate extended workforce success, help teams manage compliance, build resilient operations, and promote durable cost savings. We prioritize understanding product area needs to develop solutions that address their specific challenges.

In this role, you will directly shape Google's strategy in this space, impacting regulatory, commercial, and operational decisions.

Google creates products and services that make the world a better place, and gTech’s role is to help bring them to life. Our teams of trusted advisors support customers globally. Our solutions are rooted in our technical skill, product expertise, and a thorough understanding of our customers’ complex needs. Whether the answer is a bespoke solution to solve a unique problem, or a new tool that can scale across Google, everything we do aims to ensure our customers benefit from the full potential of Google products.

To learn more about gTech, check out our .

Responsibilities

  • Provide domain experience in vendor management or outsourced operations strategy.
  • Plan and execute project roadmap, establish project goals, coordinate resources, and provide leadership, in line with long-term objectives of the functional area, with direction only from senior leaders where needed.
  • Develop processes and drive cross-functional initiatives including business capacity planning, escalations management and troubleshooting.
  • Anticipate and define problems and craft custom solutions by researching and assessing varied approaches leveraging new ideas. 
  • Develop executive leadership level communication for Alphabet-wide circulation informing changes in policies, standards and compliance obligations and upcoming milestones on Extended Workforce Solutions (xWS) enterprise wide changes including key strategic projects. 

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