JOB TITLE: Strategic Partner Development Manager, Research
JOB LOCATION: Lagos
JOB DETAILS:
- The Partnerships organization works with a wide range of external partners to help build Google products through product-enabling relationships (e.g., data licensing, content partnerships, API/platform integrations, and technology licensing).
- As a Strategic Partner Development Manager, you’ll empower and enable Project teams by understanding their mission, identifying partners, initiating relationships, discussing agreements, and serving as a strategic resource to advance the research work and product launches.
- As a Strategic Partner Development Manager for the Research team, you’ll lead exploratory discussions with partners, evaluate research collaboration engagements, and develop business opportunities.
- You will lead cross-functional teams and provide thought leadership.
- You will escalate and present research and business development strategies and key issues to executive management.
- You will work closely with Google Researchers, Product Managers, Engineering, Legal, Marketing, University Relations, and other cross-functional teams on initiatives and key strategic relationships that support our Research organization.
- In this role, you will focus on supporting the Google Research team focused on the African region to establish foundational partnerships in the region.
- You will be engaging in partnerships covering machine learning, natural language understanding, and university collaborations.
- You will participate in early stage product development and work alongside research scientists and product managers to realize product direction through external partner development.
- 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
- Identify and lead exploratory discussions with external partners.
- Discuss strategic product partnership agreements, including licensing technology and content, collaborative research agreements, and more.
- Create written communications and presentations with messages effectively tailored to different audience levels.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop partner strategy and collaboration plans for the Research leadership team.
- Invest in understanding the complex technical areas of the Research organization.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent practical experience
- Experience in a partner-facing role at a technology company, start-up, or similar environment
- Experience in agreement negotiation, partner management, or product management in an Internet or technology environment
Preferred qualifications:
- Master’s Degree or equivalent practical experience
- Experience, educational or professional, in physical or life-sciences
- Experience in technology, business development, or other entrepreneurial environments
- Passion for, and interest in, science, technology, and emerging/early-stage products
- Excellent communication, analytical, problem-solving, process navigation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Application Closing Date
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Job Features
Job Category | Consulting / Business Strategy/ Planning |