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Ali Gardner

Boulder,USA

Summary

Data-driven strategist and operations leader with 8+ years of professional experience, driving strategic initiatives across Go-To-Market, Product Operations, Content Creation, and Google Ads. Proven ability to lead complex projects, influence senior stakeholders, and deliver impactful results, including scaling a career development program to 33% of Alphabet, saving Google $61M in productivity. Passionate about operational excellence and customer success, I excel at building relationships, simplifying challenges, and spearheading value-driven growth initiatives.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Strategy & Operations Lead

Google
12.2021 - Current
  • Advises senior leadership on annual strategies, driving efficiency across a 100+ FTE team through streamlined processes and OKR optimization.
  • Deliver data-driven solutions to complex business problems through cross-functional collaboration, enabling critical decision-making
  • Led the "User Voice" multi year initiative, aligning 30+ senior stakeholders (VPs, Directors) to drive rapid cross-functional delivery.
  • Shaped the org's location strategy through footprint optimization, cost analysis, and organizational design
  • Launched collaboration programs, including "User Voice Lightning Talks" (96% satisfaction, 1.3K+ employees) and a cadence program that boosts team productivity by 27%

Content Strategist

Google
03.2020 - 12.2021
  • Successfully launched 190 key products across Google Search, Assistant, and Google Pay, managing the end-to-end process to deliver 900+ global content projects, optimize multi-channel support strategies, and ensure seamless execution across the entire portfolio
  • Led a vendor team of 6 technical writers, ensuring on-time, high-quality content delivery through strategic planning and establishing meticulous QA processes

Account Strategist

Google
01.2018 - 03.2020
  • Provided expert technical and billing support to Google's highest spending advertisers and agencies across Google Ads, Merchant Center, YouTube, and Analytics, consistently exceeding performance targets, including a $10.4M collectible revenue increase as the Account Hygiene program lead.

Sales & Marketing Intern

Good Eats Food Co
12.2016 - 06.2017
  • Drove product sales and marketing initiatives for a startup by collaborating directly with co-founders to build and execute strategies in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, leveraging resourcefulness to establish structure through market research, cold outreach, and diverse marketing efforts.

Area Manager, Operations Leadership Intern

Amazon
01.2016 - 12.2016
  • Managed a team of 80+ associates in a fast-paced environment, and drove a 10% increase in overall employee productivity through data-driven analysis and a successful intern-led process efficiency project.

Hospitality Operations Intern

Marriott
01.2015 - 12.2015
  • Completed a rotational internship program gaining diverse operational experience across HR, F&B, Front Desk, Sales, Marketing, and Event Planning, while developing key skills in sales, management & customer service.

Education

Double Major - Marketing, Supply Chain Mgmt

University of Arkansas
05-2017

Skills

  • Strategic problem solving
  • Building trusted partnerships
  • Operational efficiency
  • Executive communications
  • Project / Program management
  • Cross functional collaboration

Timeline

Strategy & Operations Lead

Google
12.2021 - Current

Content Strategist

Google
03.2020 - 12.2021

Account Strategist

Google
01.2018 - 03.2020

Sales & Marketing Intern

Good Eats Food Co
12.2016 - 06.2017

Area Manager, Operations Leadership Intern

Amazon
01.2016 - 12.2016

Hospitality Operations Intern

Marriott
01.2015 - 12.2015

Double Major - Marketing, Supply Chain Mgmt

University of Arkansas

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