Google growth and international focus

The mandate

Owned the Growth platform and international growth initiatives. Managed the teams responsible for outreach surfaces such as push notifications, and for vertical re-engagement experiences.

The organization

Growth platform teams plus local product managers across key strategic regions.

Outcomes

• Drove more than 50 million incremental daily active users on Search and Discover by pivoting the team to focus on retentive behaviors.
• Pitched and secured funding to set up local international teams across key strategic regions — the first international growth team at Google.
• The operating model was subsequently emulated by other organizations inside the company.