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Senior Marketing Category Manager

Google· Google Global Procurement Organization (GPO)
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London, UKFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior Category Manager, Marketing within Google’s Global Procurement Organization (GPO). Acts as strategic regional business partner and execution owner for Google’s marketing spend—driving AI-first transformation, regional alignment with global initiatives, and leadership in large, complex spend categories.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the strategic regional business partner to the marketing executive team in the region, aligning procurement priorities directly with marketing stakeholder goals, market needs, and regional growth vectors.
  • Advocate for an AI-first mentality in the transformation of the procurement practice area, replacing fragmented manual processes with structured AI operationalization, clean data taxonomies, and scalable digital workflows.
  • Oversee the local alignment and execution of global procurement strategies, translating overarching Global Procurement Organization (GPO) frameworks and category playbooks into impactful regional actions.
  • Serve as the regional strategy leader and execution overseer, directing high-volume tactical buying, regional sourcing operations, and compliance across European country groups.
  • Develop and execute category strategies aligned with organizational objectives for assigned indirect spend categories.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10 years of experience in marketing partnerships, sourcing, or category management across the global marketing ecosystem (e.g., agency landscapes, media, ad-tech, events, production, extended workforce/contractors, and emerging AI technologies).
  • Experience leading spend categories, using financial analysis and AI to optimize commercial, procurement, or governance models.
  • Experience designing multi-year AI transformation roadmaps and partnering with VPs to drive change across decentralized environments.

Skills

Required:Strategic partnershipAI transformationCategory management

Benefits

  • Information collected and processed as part of your Google Careers profile.
  • Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer; commitment to belonging and non-discrimination.
  • Accommodation and accessibility support policy details linked in posting.
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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