--- title: Workforce Strategy Lead, Core Strategy Operations description: Google is hiring for the Workforce Strategy Lead, Core Strategy Operations role in San Jose, CA. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/workforce-strategy-lead-core-strategy-operations-at-google-01a186ea-f63a-7215-9c85-5a14fd0783b1 date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join Google as Workforce Strategy Lead, Core Strategy Operations in San Jose, CA. Pays $222K–$308K per year. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/l66nwy.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [Google](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/google?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | New York, NY | | **Salary** | $222K/yr - $308K/yr | | **Posted** | Oct 29, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A- · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** Google sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 9,179 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Google. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $135,000 – $207,000 a year (median $163,000). ## Description In this role, you join the team as the Workforce Strategy Lead, as we are looking for an exceptional Product Strategy and Operations professional with strategic expertise and a strong delivery record in building trust as this is a high-impact, strategic role designed to orchestrate organizational strategy, portfolio analytics, forward-looking workforce design, and global facilities/real estate footprint. In this role, you will contribute to designing an agile organization that is optimized for delivery, augmented by cutting-edge AI technology, and automated via agentic workflows to drive long-term business value. You will be the domain expert in the room, a trusted advisor leader turns to for critical workforce decisions and, just as critically, a builder. You will be multi-tasking, that is what makes this role unique. You will own a portfolio of relationships with leaders, advocate the development of AI-driven tools and agentic automation that make workforce planning scalable, and partner closely with Finance, HR, Recruiting, Real Estate, and Operations to enable teams to execute seamlessly against plans. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $222000 - $308000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more about [benefits at Google](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/). - Design, implement, and oversee a standardized, tool-based central hub for workforce planning addressing holistic resource composition and capability requirements. - Advocate the integration of AI, ML, and predictive analytics into the workforce planning ecosystem to provide forward-looking alerts and democratize data access using natural language interfaces. - Oversee the continuous synchronization of pipeline portfolio demands with actual workforce capacity to ensure the business is optimally staffed to deliver on strategic initiatives. - Intersect directly with corporate Finance to ensure bottom-up operational capacity plans and utilization rates reconcile seamlessly with top-down budget constraints and forecasts. - Partner with facilities and real estate management teams to drive the physical footprint strategy and workplace design, ensuring global offices evolve symmetrically with dynamic workforce models. ### Minimum qualifications: - Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. - 15 years of experience in workforce and organizational health planning, product strategy and operations, or analytics in a technology company. - Experience working with and analyzing data, and managing multiple cross-functional programs or projects. ### Preferred qualifications: - Experience building advanced workforce models incorporating skills, capacity, automation potential, and direct business impact. - Experience working with product and engineering teams, and in organizations undergoing significant technology transformation, rapid scaling, or AI/automation adoption. - Experience working with enterprise planning tools or cloud-based EPM platforms (e.g., Anaplan, Adaptive, Workday). - Experience defining business/operational requirements for Large Language Model (LLMs), agentic workflows, or AI assistants. - Experience with R, SQL, spreadsheets, or similar analytics tools. - Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. - 15 years of experience in workforce and organizational health planning, product strategy and operations, or analytics in a technology company. - Experience working with and analyzing data, and managing multiple cross-functional programs or projects. ## Skills - Cloud Computing - Analytics - Spreadsheets - Planning - Product Strategy - R - Automation - Artificial Intelligence - SQL - Anaplan - Workday - Large Language Models (Llm) - Workforce Planning - Agentic Workflows - Enterprise Performance Management (Epm) ## Related - [More jobs at Google](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/google?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Human Resources jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/human-resources?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [People Analytics jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/human-resources/people-analytics?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Workforce Planning / People Analytics Analyst jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/human-resources/people-analytics/workforce-planning-people-analytics-analyst?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [New York](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/new-york?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 150107 jobs - [New York, NY](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/new-york/new-york?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 66067 jobs - [Technology, Information and Internet](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/technology-information-and-internet?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 11788 jobs - [Google](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/google?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 3839 jobs ## Related pages - [New York](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/new-york?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 150107 jobs - [New York, NY](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/new-york/new-york?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 66067 jobs - [Technology, Information and Internet](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/technology-information-and-internet?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 11788 jobs - [Google](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/google?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 3839 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)