Data Scientist - Product, Technology Strategy

Job responsibilities 

• Create and maintain models of various scenarios for long range planning to inform compute investment and company-wide compute governance aligned with Google’s AI strategy

• Influence new governance strategies that are sustainable from research, product and financial POVs based on an understanding of current and future workloads

• Inform strategy development as it relates to the model loop from GDM and Gemini into Google products, including critical areas such as the fine-tuning strategy and serving strategy 

• Partner with technical leadership and Capital Engineering to understand constraints and scope requirements for programs

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications

You must meet these minimum qualifications to apply for this job

• BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience in a technical and/or business area

• Extensive experience in product strategy 

• Strong analytics, strategy, and data fluency experience 

• Experience running high impact, strategic programs

• Experience in a role that deals with machine learning and compute

• Innovative problem solver that can turn ambiguous problem spaces into clear solutions

• Ability to influence without direct authority, you adeptly work on and with technical and cross-functional or highly matrixed teams in a way that leads to aligned decision making

Preferred qualifications

Having as many of these specific qualifications is a plus, but transferable skills/experiences may be equally valuable

• Familiarity with the role of compute and data in building LLMs and the capabilities of these models

• 5 years in investment banking, consulting, or product strategy work experience in managing highly-complex, technically-challenging projects spanning a wide set of stakeholders

• Apply a quantitative and analytical mentality to understand Google needs

• Experience navigating sensitive organizational dynamics

• Collaborating within data-driven or quantitative-focused teams 

• A consistent record of creative problem solving and a bias towards action

• Outstanding business judgment

• Outstanding organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills

• Excellent communication skills

• A proven track record of building positive relationships with senior stakeholders and influencing strong personalities within a complex business environment

• Experience in corporate planning

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent complex interactions with geographically disparate teams

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $168000 - $266000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your targeted location during the hiring process.

Application deadline: 12pm GMT Friday 18th April 2025

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