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.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Irvine, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
7 years of experience in business development, partnerships, management consulting, or investment banking, or 5 years with advanced degree.
Experience in the Consumer Electronics, Auto, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Telecom, E-Commerce/Retail, Apps, Ads, Gaming, or Technology industries.
Experience working with C-level executives and cross-functionally across multiple levels of management.
Experience managing agreements or partnerships.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience managing relationships with enterprise organizations and leading complex, multi-stakeholder agreements.
Experience leading cross-functional strategic projects (e.g., strategic plan, new product launch) from inception to deployment.
Experience influencing leaders and presenting to executives.
Ability to succeed in fast-paced environments and create structure within ambiguity.
Ability to operate effectively in a large, matrixed organization and build trusted, productive relationships internally and externally.
Excellent written, verbal communication, influencing, and project/program management skills.

About the job

As a Strategic Partner Development Manager, you'll open doors with potential partners, lead exploratory discussions and evaluate/develop business opportunities. You will lead cross-functional teams, provide thought leadership and serve as a mentor to managers and associates. You are comfortable escalating and presenting business development strategies and key issues to senior management. You'll work closely with Google Product, Engineering, Legal and Sales teams on new product initiatives and key strategic relationships that support our online advertising business.

Within Global Partnerships, the Top Partner team comprises industry experts who engage with external partners and internal teams. As a Top Partner Manager on this team, you will be cultivating relationships with peers across Google, leveraging your influencing and relationship-building skills to drive proactive agreement-making and holistic partnership strategies. You will manage Google’s most strategic partners across the Retail and Commerce sectors. You will also develop cross-Google strategies for these partners and engage externally to manage partner-facing pursuits across Google.

In this role, you will immerse yourself in holistic partner strategies to glean insights on macro industry trends, identify transformational opportunities, and interact externally with key partners and industry bodies. As a thought leader, you will challenge, advise, and support our business and product teams to optimize Google's engagements with these partners. Your ability to solve ambiguous problems, apply sound business judgment, and communicate complex issues effectively, combined with the market and partner-specific expertise you will build, will enable you to lead this team to form and deliver insightful perspectives on Google's partnership strategies.

The Global Partnerships organization is responsible for exploring new opportunities with Google's partners. Google’s Global Partnerships team works with a wide range of partners to bring the best of Google to power their business. The Global Partnerships team supports Google’s own Product teams with essential partnerships to help Google’s user experiences in advertising, Search, Assistant, Maps, Travel, Shopping, Payments and more. Teams create product-enabling partnerships, go-to-market strategies and incubate business growth for a variety of products.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $141,000-$204,000 + 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.

Responsibilities

Work in close collaboration with executive stakeholders across Google (including with frontline AMS sales and Business Development teams, Cloud, and Product stakeholders) to establish and drive a holistic “One Google” partnership strategy.
Lead executive engagement, internally and externally, including preparing briefings for executive Google execs, setting clear objectives, and ensuring alignment across Google.
Plan and execute Executive Summits and top-to-top meetings.
Develop and manage relationships with key stakeholders at your partners (up to the C Suite).
Develop and drive thought leadership within the Commerce and Retail vertical at Google.

Information collected and processed as part of your Google Careers profile, and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Google's Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy, Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal, Belonging at Google, and How we hire.

If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees, or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Apply now

See more open positions at Google

Powered by Getro.com