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Product Strategy Lead roles are strong fits for F-1 OPT students with backgrounds in business, engineering, or economics. Most positions qualify as specialty occupations for H-1B sponsorship, and the strategic nature of the work supports STEM OPT extension eligibility when paired with a qualifying degree.
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The application window will be open until at least March 27, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date. This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.
Applicants in the County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Please submit your resume in English - we can only consider applications submitted in this language.
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Bruno, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA; São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil; Toronto, ON, Canada.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience in a management consulting, sales operations, business strategy or corporate advisory role.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in sales or product strategy in traditional or digital advertising.
- Knowledge of Google's signals products (e.g., One Google Tag, Enhanced Conversions, Google Tag Gateway, Data Manager, Google Analytics, audience solutions).
- Ability to translate product offerings into sales-facing value propositions in line with customer business and marketing objectives with a customer-focused mindset.
- Ability to grow in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present concepts to various audiences and synthesize insights, and drive action.
- Excellent operational accuracy, problem-solving, and investigative skills.
About the job
This role sits within the Product Go-to-Market (pGTM) team. Product GTM includes teams across Search, YouTube, Measurement, and the Google Marketing Platform - all working collaboratively to identify the most impactful solutions to deploy across our customer base. Product GTM's mission is to design, build, and drive product activation strategies that accelerate Americas Large Customers Sales (ALCS) growth.
Within pGTM, this role is housed within our pGTM Measurement+ organization, which includes teams who commercialize data signals and media effectiveness solutions to help customers accurately track, measure, and maximize the value that Google is driving for them. As a Product Strategy Lead for Data Signals, you will be a member of a team that owns commercialization for Google's suite of data signals solutions, spanning data strength conversions products, Google Analytics, apps measurement, and applied AI for marketing solutions. These marquee products are a high strategic priority for ALCS and provide a critical data foundation for Google's Search and YouTube businesses. The Go-to-Market Operations (GtM) team ensures Google's complex and ever-evolving Ads business runs smoothly. We are instrumental in setting go-to-market strategy, and ensuring flawless execution and operations against the strategy. We have teams embedded in each of the major Ads business areas as well as global teams that work across the business areas. Team members are analytical and strategic, with a pragmatic sense of how to get things done.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $124,000-$177,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
The Canada base salary range for this full-time position is CAD 126,000-129,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Please note that the compensation details listed in Canada role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Lead commercialization of core signals products, driving success for customers and business for Google by developing strategies to ensure data signals are collected and activated across ALCS customers.
- Launch and land activation plans for data signals solutions across ALCS customers, including building lead lists, setting product adoption goals, creating collateral, upskilling sellers, and scaling best practices.
- Build cross-functional relationships with key stakeholders across regions, products and roles, collaborating to solve signals issues and drive progress.
- Analyze data to identify trends, insights and intelligence to support decision-making and activation, and pair quantitative findings with qualitative observations to guide business decisions.
- Assess how signals innovation, engaged offerings, emerging AI solutions in data and ecosystem changes will impact customer measurement, and use insights to shape activation plans.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
This posting is for a new vacancy.
The application window will be open until at least March 27, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date. This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.
Applicants in the County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Please submit your resume in English - we can only consider applications submitted in this language.
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Bruno, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA; São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil; Toronto, ON, Canada.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience in a management consulting, sales operations, business strategy or corporate advisory role.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in sales or product strategy in traditional or digital advertising.
- Knowledge of Google's signals products (e.g., One Google Tag, Enhanced Conversions, Google Tag Gateway, Data Manager, Google Analytics, audience solutions).
- Ability to translate product offerings into sales-facing value propositions in line with customer business and marketing objectives with a customer-focused mindset.
- Ability to grow in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present concepts to various audiences and synthesize insights, and drive action.
- Excellent operational accuracy, problem-solving, and investigative skills.
About the job
This role sits within the Product Go-to-Market (pGTM) team. Product GTM includes teams across Search, YouTube, Measurement, and the Google Marketing Platform - all working collaboratively to identify the most impactful solutions to deploy across our customer base. Product GTM's mission is to design, build, and drive product activation strategies that accelerate Americas Large Customers Sales (ALCS) growth.
Within pGTM, this role is housed within our pGTM Measurement+ organization, which includes teams who commercialize data signals and media effectiveness solutions to help customers accurately track, measure, and maximize the value that Google is driving for them. As a Product Strategy Lead for Data Signals, you will be a member of a team that owns commercialization for Google's suite of data signals solutions, spanning data strength conversions products, Google Analytics, apps measurement, and applied AI for marketing solutions. These marquee products are a high strategic priority for ALCS and provide a critical data foundation for Google's Search and YouTube businesses. The Go-to-Market Operations (GtM) team ensures Google's complex and ever-evolving Ads business runs smoothly. We are instrumental in setting go-to-market strategy, and ensuring flawless execution and operations against the strategy. We have teams embedded in each of the major Ads business areas as well as global teams that work across the business areas. Team members are analytical and strategic, with a pragmatic sense of how to get things done.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $124,000-$177,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
The Canada base salary range for this full-time position is CAD 126,000-129,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Please note that the compensation details listed in Canada role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Lead commercialization of core signals products, driving success for customers and business for Google by developing strategies to ensure data signals are collected and activated across ALCS customers.
- Launch and land activation plans for data signals solutions across ALCS customers, including building lead lists, setting product adoption goals, creating collateral, upskilling sellers, and scaling best practices.
- Build cross-functional relationships with key stakeholders across regions, products and roles, collaborating to solve signals issues and drive progress.
- Analyze data to identify trends, insights and intelligence to support decision-making and activation, and pair quantitative findings with qualitative observations to guide business decisions.
- Assess how signals innovation, engaged offerings, emerging AI solutions in data and ecosystem changes will impact customer measurement, and use insights to shape activation plans.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
How to Get Visa Sponsorship in Product Strategy Lead
Target companies with dedicated product organizations
Large tech, fintech, and SaaS companies with established product teams are far more likely to have H-1B sponsorship infrastructure in place. Smaller startups may want to sponsor but lack the legal resources to follow through.
Connect your degree field to the role explicitly
Product strategy sits at a specialty occupation boundary. Tie your degree in engineering, business, or economics directly to the strategic responsibilities in the job description to strengthen the sponsorship case for your employer's immigration counsel.
Prioritize roles with cross-functional scope
Product Strategy Lead positions involving market analysis, roadmap ownership, or P&L responsibility are easier to classify as specialty occupations. Roles with vague scope are harder to sponsor, so target listings with clear, degree-specific responsibilities.
Build a track record of measurable business impact
Sponsoring employers must justify the hire to USCIS. Concrete outcomes like revenue growth, market expansion, or product adoption metrics make the specialty occupation argument stronger and reduce friction during the petition process.
Ask about sponsorship before the final interview round
Raise the sponsorship question after you have demonstrated value but before an offer is extended. Asking too early signals risk, asking too late wastes both sides' time if the company has a firm no-sponsorship policy.
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Get Access To All JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Do Product Strategy Lead roles qualify as specialty occupations for H-1B sponsorship?
Most do, but it depends on how the role is scoped. Positions requiring a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field like business strategy, economics, or engineering typically qualify. Roles with generalist responsibilities where any degree satisfies the requirement can face USCIS scrutiny, so the job description language matters significantly.
Can I work as a Product Strategy Lead on F-1 OPT without prior authorization from my employer?
Yes, if the role is directly related to your degree field. OPT authorizes you to work in a position that is related to your major area of study. You do not need employer-specific authorization before starting, but the job must align with the field listed on your EAD card and your I-20.
Does a Product Strategy Lead role qualify for STEM OPT extension?
It can, provided your underlying degree is in a STEM-designated field and the employer is enrolled in E-Verify. Roles that apply quantitative analysis, data-driven decision-making, or systems thinking to product strategy tend to satisfy the practical training requirement. Your DSO will confirm eligibility based on your specific degree and job duties.
Where can I find Product Strategy Lead jobs that are open to OPT candidates?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and filters roles by sponsorship openness, so you're not wasting time on listings that exclude international candidates. Searching there gives you a focused set of companies that have previously sponsored or are actively open to OPT and H-1B candidates in product roles.
What happens to my OPT authorization if my Product Strategy Lead role is terminated before my EAD expires?
You enter a 60-day grace period from your last day of employment. During that window you can find a new qualifying role, transfer to a different visa status, or depart the U.S. You cannot work during the grace period. If you secure a new position, your OPT authorization resumes as long as your EAD is still valid.
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