Strategic Partner Sales Manager IV, Retail, Google Cloud

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 10 years of experience in technology related sales, business development, channel sales, or partner management.
• Experience working with public cloud technologies.
  
• Experience working with service providers or solution integrator ecosystems.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Partnership experience with solutions providers, system integrators, or managed service providers.
  
• Experience presenting to C-level audiences, including presenting at customer, partner, or industry events.
• Familiarity with technology implementations for customers.
• Familiarity with consumption business models, cloud economics, and partner agreement constructs.
• Excellent written, communication, and presentation skills.

About the job

The Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next for their business — all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are developed for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers — developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies — see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners.

As a Partner Sales Manager for Enterprise customers, you will be responsible for supporting the sales organization by identifying the right partner, based on partner capabilities and capacity, to progress opportunities and drive consumption. You will build and maintain an understanding of Google Cloud’s partner ecosystem, market dynamics, and go-to-market strategies for both partner and direct sales by industry and segment. You will manage and optimize the performance of the partners you align to opportunities, ensure early engagement in the sales process, ensure delivery quality, and drive optimal end-customer outcomes while balancing expansion of the local partner ecosystem.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $186,000-$261,000 + 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.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Develop an ecosystem strategy and methodology to align the right partners to the right customer opportunities and workloads. Ensure alignment of this strategy both with field sales teams and regional partner management.
  
• Enhance accuracy and accountability for partner sourced pipeline, pipeline growth, and last-mile execution, including CRM hygiene.
• Drive local field enablement and activation of the partner ecosystem to align to industry and segment specific go-to-market strategies and solutions.
  
• Contribute to joint field and partner account and territory planning, acting as the subject matter expert to field sales and go-to-market teams on the local partner ecosystem and capabilities.
  
• Coordinate demand generation activities with partners through events and campaigns with an industry-focused plan in coordination with partner marketing and local sales teams.