Manager, Strategic Partnerships Development, Education
Google•Published 21 hours ago•First seen 21 hours ago
Google's line of products and services to our clients never stops growing. The Partnerships Development team is responsible for seeking and exploring new opportunities with Google's partners. Equipped with your business acumen and extensive product knowledge, you are right on the front line of interacting with our partners, and helping them find ways to grow using Google's newest product offerings. Your knowledge of relevant verticals and relationships with key industry players will help shape our great applications and content for products such as YouTube, Google TV and Commerce.
As Lead of Education Partnerships, you will enable early-stage research and product explorations through partnerships with flagship institutions, with a focus on the higher education sector. You and the team will be responsible for defining partnerships strategies, building partner pipelines, driving ecosystem engagement, and managing relationships with key partner executives. Your team will establish formal agreements with these partners for product testing, custom collaborations, and product distribution. You will have ability to work across multiple Product Areas at Google (including Education, Research, Platforms & Devices, and Cloud) and across functions (including Product, Research, Legal, Engineering, Legal) to bring agreements to execution.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.
As Lead of Education Partnerships, you will enable early-stage research and product explorations through partnerships with flagship institutions, with a focus on the higher education sector. You and the team will be responsible for defining partnerships strategies, building partner pipelines, driving ecosystem engagement, and managing relationships with key partner executives. Your team will establish formal agreements with these partners for product testing, custom collaborations, and product distribution. You will have ability to work across multiple Product Areas at Google (including Education, Research, Platforms & Devices, and Cloud) and across functions (including Product, Research, Legal, Engineering, Legal) to bring agreements to execution.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 $218,000-$306,000 + 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.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the Education Partnerships team, a global team that manages partnerships across a product portfolio.
- Define and execute partnerships strategies that drive adoption of Gemini and other Google AI products and solutions, ranging from early proof-of-concept explorations to external graduations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (Product, Engineering, Research, Legal, Finance, etc.) to influence product and GTM strategies.
- Oversee and negotiate partnerships, develop models, and maintain key external partner relationships.
- Develop and enhance systems for managing a growing set of partnerships, improving efficiency and experience.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 15 years of experience in business development, partnerships, management consulting, or investment banking, in the Consumer Electronics, Auto, OEMs, Telecom, E-Commerce/Retail, Apps, Ads, Gaming, or Technology industries.
- Experience working with C-level executives and cross-functionally across all levels of management.
- Experience managing agreements or partnerships.
Preferred qualifications:
- MBA or JD.
- 3 years of experience managing people or teams.
- Experience with the higher education ecosystem.
- Ability to facilitate discussions, structure agreements, interpret legal documents, and work with legal teams to sign and manage agreements.
- Ability to learn technical and product concepts.
- Ability to grow in fluid, collaborative, and ambiguous start-up like environments where thoughtfulness, an entrepreneurial mindset, execution, and relationships drive success.