Google Play is growing at a rapid pace, serving millions of Android users, both new and existing, with apps and games that are innovative, useful and entertaining. You will be part of the Google Play Partnerships team, focused on helping strategic Google partners build, grow and scale successful businesses using the Android platform and Google Play.
The KR Apps mission within Play Partnerships is to enable strategic app partners to build successful businesses, and useful and trusted experiences across Play and Android surfaces.
Through the cultivation of strong relationships, we build a deep understanding of partners’ businesses and verticals. We marry this with consulting, thought leadership, and deal-making to drive sustainable growth and investment in Play & Android products. Risks we face include navigating complex relationships, enabling clear value exchange, and effectively aligning internal and external teams on common goals. We mitigate these risks through clear stakeholder mapping, orienting on partnership priorities, and flexing tactics when needed. By converting partner & vertical insights, we drive KR strategy and fuel positive impact for the app ecosystem.
The Global Partnerships organization is responsible for exploring new opportunities with Google's partners. Google’s Global Partnerships team works with a wide range of partners to bring the best of Google to power their business. The Global Partnerships team supports Google’s own Product teams with essential partnerships to help Google’s user experiences in advertising, Search, Assistant, Maps, Travel, Shopping, Payments and more. Teams create product-enabling partnerships, go-to-market strategies and incubate business growth for a variety of products.
Responsibilities
- Foster trusted, strategic relationships with key partners, deeply understanding their business challenges and opportunities.
- Shape and execute impactful growth and partnership plans in close collaboration with cross-functional and cross-regional teams.
- Project manage plan execution, deliver actionable reporting & insights, and collaborate with operations teams to ensure lead tracking.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders on key initiatives, including AI-focused projects to help partners scale innovative solutions. Deliver comprehensive solutions that bolster partner monetization goals with cross-functional Play teams.
- Provide thought leadership on ways in which we can take Products to market, and influence and shape our Product teams and their roadmaps.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience in business development, partnerships, management consulting, or investment banking.
- Experience in the Consumer Electronics, Auto, OEMs, Telecom, E-Commerce/Retail, Apps, Ads, Gaming, or Technology industries.
- Experience working with C-level executives and cross-functionally across all levels of management.
- Experience managing agreements or partnerships.
- Ability to communicate in Korean and English fluently to support partner relationship management.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in the mobile apps industry.
- Experience working in Business Development, Product Management, Program Management, or Project Management roles.
- Expertise and familiarity with any of the Verticals: Health & Fitness, Messaging & Communications, AI, Productivity & Creativity, Social & Entertainment.
- Excellent people and communication skills to formulate and articulate contractual, technical, financial and value points with partners and internal Google teams.
