Senior Director, Pixel and Mobile Products, Business Operations

About the role

As the Senior Director, Pixel Mobile Products Business Operations, you will assume day-to-day operational leadership across three core pillars throughout the entire lifecycle of the Pixel business: Product Planning and Strategy, Global Launch Planning, and Global Category Business Management. You will own and be accountable for designing the right portfolio at the right price points, ensuring excellence in product launches, and architecting commercial frameworks, incentive structures, and investments to fuel Pixel’s growth efficiently. This role serves as the executive operational proxy for top leadership, acting as a primary strategic interface with Managing Directors, VPs, and SVPs across Product Management, Hardware Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, and Global Sales, as well as regional commercial directors in seven key markets.

The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications) and first-party devices and services that combine Google AI, software, and hardware to create innovative experiences for users worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Unify and direct the complete commercial lifecycle for Pixel phones and accessories across Phase 1 (Product Planning), Phase 2 (Launch Planning), and Phase 3 (Category Business Management) to eliminate handoff friction and accelerate growth and go-to-market business generation.
• Assume day-to-day operational leadership over internal business execution, cross-functional alignment, and launch readiness across a global revenue base.
• Drive global commercial frameworks, pricing/margin models, incentive structures, financial compliance, and pay-for-performance constructs across all Pixel phone and accessories categories.
• Oversee global hardware release cadences and regional launch readiness across seven key markets, resolving critical path supply constraints, cross-functional dependencies, and regional execution friction between Product Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Commercial Sales.
• Direct and develop a multi-layered organization of 25–30 full-time employees (including Directors of managers), cultivating operational aptitude, organizational successor depth, and cross-functional leadership across global teams.

Requirements

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, or equivalent practical experience.
• 18 years of experience across global category management, hardware product planning, commercial strategy, supply chain operations, or go-to-market enablement.
• 10 years of experience leading multi-layered, global organizations, including direct management of senior leaders/managers of managers.
• Experience driving commercial strategy, profit and loss (P&L) governance, pricing, or margin management for a global hardware or tech category.

Preferred qualifications

• MBA or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Finance, or a related quantitative field.
• Experience architecting 0-to-1 operational transformations, unifying cross-functional hardware lifecycle disciplines (e.g., Product Strategy, Launch Planning, Global Category Business Management).
• Experience scaling multi-category product integration strategies in competitive global markets.
• Expertise navigating macro hardware supply chain complexities, component cost dynamics (e.g., memory/semiconductor pricing), and global carrier/retail commercial constructs.
• Executive presence with demonstrated success serving as an internal operational proxy and strategic interface for Managing Directors, VPs, and SVPs across Product Management, Hardware Engineering, Supply Chain, and Global Sales.

Pay

US: $320,000 - $445,000 (USD) + 40% bonus target + equity + benefits.