Data Product Lead, YouTube

About the Job

The YouTube GTM team is responsible for managing all go-to-market functions for the YouTube Business organization including strategy and business operations, analytics and data science, partnership enablement, and product activation. This team combines operational and problem-solving skills with a pragmatic sense of how to get things done and drive change across a global organization.

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Go-to-Market (GTM) products supporting the YouTube Business teams.
• Utilize core technical role-related knowledge, relevant Google-wide technologies and processes, and translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Conduct requirements gathering and project scoping sessions with subject matter experts, business users, and executive stakeholders to discover and define business data needs.
  
• Design, build, and optimize the data architecture and extract, transform, and load (e.g., Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL)) pipelines to make them accessible for business data analysts, data scientists, and business users to enable data-motivated decision-making.
• Write and review end-user and technical documents, including requirements and design documents for existing and future data systems, as well as data standards and policies.
  

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience with data analysis and SQL/MySQL.
• 7 years of experience in technical troubleshooting, and managing internal/external partners or customers.
• 7 years of experience in system design or code comprehension in one programming language (e.g., Java, C++, Python, etc.).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Business, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, Applied Science, a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with delivering data products at enterprises.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity in a changing environment with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to investigate and break down issues into manageable components.
• Excellent business and technical communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.