Operations Lead, Emerging Products

Job Description

As the Operations Lead, you will incubate operational processes to enable growth of YouTube media products. You will lead a team of individual contributors and will be directly responsible for their performance management and career growth.
Our Operations team works cross-functionally across Engineering, Product, Business Development, and Finance on a variety of initiatives.

At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun - and we do it all together.

Resonsibilities:
• Design, pilot, and scale new operational processes to enable products/features across the YouTube media ecosystem. Design and structure experiments to test hypotheses for product growth and expansion.
• Manage day-to-day digital operations for scaled products. Design operational processes and apply tools/automation solutions for future scale and growth. Manage operational metrics and key performance indicators (e.g., volume, performance, impact) and execute plans to improve the measures.
• Partner with cross-functional Product and Engineering teams to build the right operational process and tooling investments.
• Work with YouTube vendor partners globally. Drive operations and vendor governance, including implementation of training and quality programs.
• Manage a team of individual contributors, including their performance management and career development. Forecast and plan for recurring operational and capital expenses.

Qualifications:

Minimum qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in product operations, project management, or equivalent experience.
• 3 years of experience in the Media or Over-the-top (OTT) industry.
• Experience writing Business-Requirement documents for Engineering decision making and working with data, queries, and analyzing datasets.

Preferred qualifications:
• 5 years of experience in managing extended workforce/staff, and running global and scaled operations.
• Experience as a people manager with the ability to coach and mentor team members.
• Experience in Domain with common Video operations workflows such as Video on Demand (VOD) Content and Metadata Operations, Content Embargoes, Live video technologies, etc.
• Ability to lead in a cross-functional team environment, including with Engineering and Product stakeholders.
• Excellent attention to detail, written/verbal business communication skills, organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d5wyme-13-59-218-147-42 in your application.