Principal, Strategy & Operations

Serve as manager on the Google DeepMind-wide Strategy & Operations (StratOps) function to help Google DeepMind leadership answer strategic questions essential to Google DeepMind’s success, including realising the most impactful applications of our research:

• Partnering with Applied, Product, Science, and Research teams to identify, evaluate and realise opportunities for Google DeepMind’s technology to benefit humanity
• Driving recommendations, with influence and credibility, to Google DeepMind’s executives on pivotal decisions
• Overseeing a portfolio of work - ensuring timely, impactful, and quality delivery of your own work and that of associates working with you
• Building trusted relationships across Google DeepMind to ensure effective partnership
• Retaining the resources the StratOps team needs to succeed, including external perspectives, additional capabilities and flex capacity

Serve as a leader in the organisation by:

• Role modelling Google DeepMind’s values
• Participating in leadership forums
• Mentoring team members
• Cultivating positive and productive team environment

• Strong understanding of AI technology and its applications. Direct experience with AI-Driven business and product strategy is required.
• Strong problem solving and analytical capabilities that underpin the creation of objective and effective solutions. Comfort with independently working with quantitative data and of structuring quantitative analysis.
• Ability to apply top-down strategic thinking to complex, ambiguous and unfamiliar problems and translate into pragmatic solutions and / or proposed path forward.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to work cross functionally and collaboratively. Coming in with a proven track record of senior stakeholder management. Deep understanding of Google’s business and key exec stakeholders is a plus.  
• Ability to hold both bold and responsible considerations together in all analyses and recommendations.

Would be great if you also have:

• Interest and experience in Robotics and Gaming, and broadly new areas for AI applications
• Proven track record in going 0 → 1 / new product launches
• Strong bias towards action and responsible execution. Operating with urgency in order to accelerate the bold and responsible impact Google DeepMind can have on the world.  
• Adept at creating clarity. Skilled communicator, able to present both verbally and in writing, and deal tactfully with a diverse array of individuals. Experience delivering clear and concise recommendations and updates to leadership team(s).
• Responsive and resilient to difficult, ambiguous and sometimes changing objectives
• Experience in contributing to functionally, geographically and culturally diverse teams