The New Business Development group works with Product, Engineering
and other teams on new product incubation and exploratory efforts,
technology and meta-data licensing, strategic partnerships, urgent
special projects, and alternative distribution for existing and new
business initiatives. Our team consists of creative, entrepreneurial,
highly organized leaders, well versed in a broad range of technologies,
who can spot opportunities, evaluate inbound inquiries, build
partnerships, collaborate with many internal functional groups globally,
and negotiate and close business deals.Google Nigeria is currently recruiting for Product Marketing Manager.
Position: New Business Development Manager, West Africa – Lagos
This position is based in Lagos, Nigeria.
The area: New Business Development
The role: New Business Development Manager, West Africa
New Business Development Managers are self-starters who will work
closely with the Google Product team on new initiatives and key
strategic relationships. They are recognized experts within their
business group and external partners. They make progress with ambiguity,
work in challenging environments and pro- actively communicate and
manage project status to achieve success. In this position, you will
lead and initiate cross-functional company-wide projects and
pro-actively seek out initiatives to improve the Google business in
Africa.
Responsibilities:
Provide African thought leadership to New Business Development team.
Guide and manage cross functional team members on a variety of products
and deal types.
Lead and own high impact, high priority and immediate projects across West Africa.
Expand and lead entrepreneurial opportunities. In addition to sourcing
high priority, high impact deals that align with the company and
regional strategy.
Lead and initiate cross-functional African-wide initiatives.
Influence business strategies based on expertise and understanding of industry landscape, trends and competitors.
Requirements:
BA/BS degree or equivalent (MBA preferred).
Significant African experience, including experience in business
development, partner management, product management or product marketing
in industries relevant to Google.
Experience identifying partners, analyzing and facilitating complex deal
structures with a proven track record of deal negotiation and
execution.
In-depth experience operating within cross-functional teams (product
management, implementation, legal, finance, marketing, etc.).
Possess high level of comfort escalating and presenting key deal issues
to Google senior management when appropriate; solution-oriented mind-set
a must.
Ability to manage several time-sensitive project/deals at once in a fast-paced environment with minimal direction.
Fluent in English, French (preferred) and other native African languages (preferred).
HOW TO APPLY:
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