Partner Manager, Partnership Solutions at Google Nigeria

About the Job

• In this role, you will provide dedicated support to our global Priority Partners. 
• You will incubate transformative/innovative big ideas and rally cross-functional teams towards new opportunities, accelerate agreements, and drive strategic initiatives (e.g., industry strategy alignment, cross-functional joint business plans, key industry initiatives/programs). 
• You will enable teams via cross-functional industry narratives, best practice sharing communities, and newsletters while engaging with ecosystems to bring the best of Google to solve industry challenges.
• Google’s Global Partnerships team powers extraordinary user experiences through partnerships that solve users’ needs, advance our partners’ goals, and further Google’s mission. Our team provides meaningful solutions - from helping publishers and developers grow their businesses through monetization solutions, to helping our long-term partners anticipate and navigate change in a way that delivers economic and reputational value. 
• We build and distribute products through partnerships across a multitude of product areas, including Ads, Search & Assistant, Geo, Platforms & Ecosystems, Devices & Services, Health, Retail, Payments, Next Billion Users, and more. We collaborate across Google, ensuring a coordinated approach when engaging with our most complex and strategic partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional partners engagements to create broader impact and support Google's growth in the region.
• Develop relationships with key regional telecommunications operator executives and align Google against the partners’ most pressing strategic objectives.
• Identify new strategic partnerships that present significant opportunities for Google and the telecoms industry in the region.
• Adapt and execute our telecoms partnership strategies, collaborating across different Google teams to ensure a partner-centric elevation of opportunities.
• Collaborate with senior product leaders to build products and services that accelerate Google’s and our partners objectives in the region.

Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent practical experience
• Experience in the telecommunications, media, and technology sector in emerging markets
• Experience in partner facing and partner management
• Ability to write and speak in English fluently

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working on or leading significant cloud strategies
• Ability to manage ambiguity, solve complex problems and scale effectively across a large and highly distributed organisation
• Strategic thinking, ability to look at the bigger picture from a partner perspective. Distinctive problem solving skills, combined with impeccable business acumen
• Solid project management skills and experience executing complex strategic and operational initiatives