Program Manager, Strategy and Operations, Google Arts and Culture

Overview

In this role you drive the strategic planning rhythms for GAC, align cross-functional teams, and oversee budgets to enable culture-focused initiatives. You will be the operational bridge between leadership, product, engineering, content, marketing, and external cultural partners, ensuring timely milestones and clear communication. You’ll manage program lifecycles, define and track metrics, and push for process improvements that increase velocity and efficiency. This role offers the chance to shape how culture is preserved and democratized at scale, in collaboration with global institutions and partners.

Responsibilities

• Define and oversee strategic planning rhythms and goal tracking across the organization
• Oversee program budgets, forecasting, burn rates, and resource allocation to align with top-line goals
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Content, Marketing) to align priorities and unblock execution
• Serve as operational liaison with external partners (museums, artists, scientific institutions) and manage contracts and milestones
• Prepare concise weekly status reports, budget updates, and executive briefs for leadership
• Manage partnerships and program lifecycles, track program metrics, and drive process/tool improvements for efficiency
• Monitor progress, report outcomes, and apply best practices to increase experiment velocity and operational efficiency

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Operations, or equivalent practical experience
• 2 years in program management, business operations, or strategy and operations with end-to-end lifecycle ownership
• Experience managing program budgets, financial tracking, and resource allocation (forecasting, burn rates, milestones)
• Experience defining and reporting operational metrics (OKRs and KPIs) for executive leadership
• Experience driving cross-functional alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Cross-functional collaboration
• Clear and concise communication
• Analytical thinking and problem solving
• SQL
• advanced spreadsheet skills
• dashboarding tools

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