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.
• 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.

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 product leaders to build products and services that accelerate Google’s and our partners objectives in the region.

Requirements
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
• Experience executing complex strategic and operational initiatives
• Ability to manage ambiguity, solve complex problems and scale effectively across a large and highly distributed organization
• Strategic thinking, with the ability to look at the bigger picture from a partner perspective
• Solid project management skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills, combined with impeccable business acumen.