Strategic Partnerships Development Manager, Google Assistant

About the job

Google’s Search, Geo, Commerce, and Ads (SGCA) Partnerships team powers extraordinary user experiences through meaningful partnerships. We build relationships that solve users’ needs, advance our partners’ goals, and further Google’s mission. Our team provides solutions for a range of partners, from helping web and apps developers grow their businesses through innovative solutions, to helping our long-term partners anticipate and navigate change in a way that delivers economic and reputational value. We build and distribute Google products through partnerships across a multitude of product areas, including Google Assistant, Search, Geo, Google Ads, and more. We collaborate across Google, ensuring a coordinated approach when engaging with our partners.

You will join the Google Assistant branch of SGCA, working closely with Product and developers to enable Google Assistant to be a voice-forward helper for users to get things done reliably across Android and other devices.

As a Strategic Partner Development Manager for Google Assistant, you will shape the go-to-market strategy for a product initiative, and source long-lasting relationships both inside and outside of the company. You will interact with Product, other cross-functional teams, and external partners.

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

• Partner closely with the Google Assistant product team and other cross-functional teams to drive related product partnerships from concept to launch.
• Collect, understand, and provide feedback from partners and market intelligence with effective cross-functional communication.
• Provide thought leadership, define go-to-market strategy, and help drive execution across Google Assistant initiatives in EMEA.
• Understand all product launches, plans, and implications for partners. Lead related internal and external communications and represent Google to partner where applicable.
• Design and implement processes and policies to improve Google’s ability to partner globally. Ensure partners are fulfilling their contractual obligations and that Google is providing the necessary support for them.