Strategic Partner Development Lead, Education Software

Google; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google is seeking a senior role within the Education Software Channel to scale Google for Education’s reseller ecosystem, supporting sales, marketing and operations across regions. You will drive partner-led growth with OEMs, distributors, and software resellers to expand adoption of Google Workspace and Gemini in classrooms worldwide.

The role emphasizes strategic partner management, cross-functional alignment, and mentoring within the team, with a focus on expanding enterprise education

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in technology sales, enterprise software sales, partner management, or related fields.
• Experience working with C-level executives and cross-functionally across all levels of management.
• Experience in the education or public sector.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategies to expand partner-led business and product adoption to consistently surpass business objectives and achieve target attainment, while accelerating strategic channel expansion and market penetration across essential software product lines, such as Google Workspace and Gemini.
• Build enduring relationships as a trusted advisor to executive partner contacts, developing and managing comprehensive joint business plans to build partner capacity and ensure strategic alignment between Google and partner organizations.
• Enable complex joint selling motions and multidisciplinary partner initiatives that establish C+ Level engagement, while guiding and mentoring junior peers within the partner management and cross-functional teams.
• Lead collaborative projects that bring together various ideas and distinct business objectives to empower the broader ecosystem, driving these unified internal and external efforts to successfully achieve overarching team goals.

Skills

Executive engagement with C-levels

Partnership management

Education/public sector experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Chicago, IL, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in technology sales, enterprise software sales, partner management, or related fields.
• Experience working with C-level executives and cross-functionally across all levels of management.
• Experience in the education or public sector.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience managing complex, end-to-end partnerships.
• Experience managing relationships with C-level stakeholders in the education or public sector.

About the job

In this role, you will be a part of the Education Software Channel team, which harnesses the power of our strategic channel partners to support our Google for Education's sales and product teams in scaling the use of Google's educational software tools to classrooms all over the world, as part of Google for Education's broader mission to transform the future of learning through technology. You will provide support across sales, marketing and operations to key software resellers, distributors and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEMs) in our regions to drive product adoption and customer success. Learning is the ongoing quest for understanding, and we made it our mission more than 20 years ago to organize the world’s information to make it universally accessible and useful. The learning landscape is changing, and the Learning and Education team's mission is to help everyone in the world learn anything in the world. We provide the information, tools, and services that help people gain knowledge, fuel curiosity, and prepare for what’s next. We focus our work to add the most value for users to enable learning for school, work, and life. We believe everyone can and should have access to quality learning experiences to reach their full potential.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $140000 - $203000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

• Drive strategies to expand partner-led business and product adoption to consistently surpass business objectives and achieve target attainment, while accelerating strategic channel expansion and market penetration across essential software product lines, such as Google Workspace and Gemini.
• Build enduring relationships as a trusted advisor to executive partner contacts, developing and managing comprehensive joint business plans to build partner capacity and ensure strategic alignment between Google and partner organizations.
• Enable complex joint selling motions and multidisciplinary partner initiatives that establish C+ Level engagement, while guiding and mentoring junior peers within the partner management and cross-functional teams.
• Lead collaborative projects that bring together various ideas and distinct business objectives to empower the broader ecosystem, driving these unified internal and external efforts to successfully achieve overarching team goals.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .