X, Alphabet's moonshot factory, is looking to invent and launch moonshot technologies that could make the world a radically better place, with a goal of 10x impact on the world's most intractable problems.
Requirements
- 10 years of professional business experience with a significant focus on deep tech
- Deep analytical rigour, including demonstrable expertise with financial modelling for market, business and product development strategy
- Deep experience and comfort with market discovery and analysis, product marketing analysis, go-to-market strategy and sequencing, and business financial modeling
- Ability to create significant strategic partnerships around early stage technology or ventures
- Strong understanding of deep tech, emerging technologies, and the unique challenges of commercializing research and early technology innovations
- Exceptional project management with a track record of successful, end-to-end project or deal execution, or entrepreneurial venture-building
- Hands-on experience designing and executing go-to-market strategies for novel technology products
Responsibilities
- Lead market, business, product and partnerships strategy for specific moonshot projects
- Apply first principles systems thinking with the ability to set hypotheses and test them in the market with stakeholders and partners
- Support the investment readiness process for internal ventures preparing to graduate
- Leverage our convening power and resources at X and Alphabet in your pursuit of accelerating moonshots
- Roll up your sleeves on projects as an embedded Business Innovation team member with radical collaboration to accelerate our moonshots
- As 'player-coaches', show up as critical thought partners and co-builders with our project leads
- Dive into exciting experiments and shape key strategic initiatives
Other
- Growth mindset with a strong propensity to learn and innovate through proactive problem, market, customer discovery
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills including ability to effectively communicate both technical and non-technical information to mixed audiences
- Ability to work effectively, lead through influence, and build strong relationships in a fast-paced, dynamic, and ambiguous environment
- MBA or equivalent strongly preferred
- Motivated by purpose and passion; you fall in love with problems, not solutions
