Vice President, K&IP, Global Partnerships

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: London, UK; Zürich, Switzerland.

Minimum qualifications:

• 15 years of experience in leading commercial and product based teams in a partnership-lead technology environment.
• Experience managing and driving product partnerships in highly regulated markets in EMEA.
• Experience in a globally scaled Product, Partnerships, and Engineering environment, and experience collaborating with Product and Engineering leaders.
• Experience in overseeing a team distributed across 10+ offices while also working with global cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience negotiating business agreements with technology partners in EMEA.

Preferred qualifications:

• Deep knowledge of and passion for multiple product areas within Google’s Search, Gemini, Geo, Ads, Commerce, Research and Core products; deep regional EMEA expertise.
• Ability to inspire and develop both tenured and earlier-career workforce, attract and retain critical talent, delegate effectively, invest in creating a diverse and inclusive culture, manage performance effectively, and develop strong talent.

About the Job

As the Vice President of Knowledge and Information Partnerships (K&IP) EMEA, you will lead the partnership teams responsible for enabling Google’s Search, Gemini, Geo, Ads, Commerce, Research and Core products in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

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

• Define Google’s partnership strategy to build, distribute, and enable Google’s Search, Gemini, Geo, Ads, Commerce, Research and Core products in EMEA, aligning with Product and global Business Development leads.
• Oversee and in some instances act as lead negotiator for our most sensitive partnerships in the region, driving consensus internally and escalating as needed to Google leadership.
• Lead a high performing team distributed across the region to execute against our company’s goals. Secure and allocate the resources to ensure K&IP is able to deliver on product goals in EMEA.
• Partner with and provide expertise to VP and SVP cross-functional leadership at Google including: regional leadership, Product, Engineering, PR/Communications, Marketing, and Legal.
• Represent Google (in collaboration with other Google teams) at select external events including industry forums, partner conferences or events, and Google hosted external events.

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