Strategy and Operations Lead, Platforms and Devices Partnerships EMEA

The Partnerships Solutions team in Global Partnerships provides Strategy and Operations, Go-To-Market, and Industry solutions to support Platforms and Devices Partnerships (P&DP). We focus on driving the transformation required to build the world's best partnerships team, enabling our P&DP team to function at its best. Our team provides strategic insights and thought leadership on key topics, advises business leaders on vertical strategy and organizational design, helps drive business operations and efficiency, builds executive narratives, and supports product commercialization.
Reporting to the Head of Strategy and Operations, you will operate as the S&O Lead for the Android Ecosystem and P&D Ecosystem teams in EMEA, covering various platforms and products areas such as Google TV, XR, G1, Home and Health, etc. You will blend investigative problem-solving with operational execution while working closely with the partnership team and counterparts around the globe. You will work closely with the EMEA P&D leads. You will act as a key contributor to drive projects forward, manage operational workflows, and deliver data-driven insights. By developing an understanding of the GP and PS landscape, you will help cut through complexity to support crucial discussions and ensure high-quality execution of our strategic initiatives.
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.

Minimum qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

- 6 years of experience in a management consulting, sales operations, business strategy or corporate advisory role.

- Experience working within the technology, telecom, or consumer hardware/services sectors.

- Experience managing and influencing executive stakeholder relationships and building alignment across matrixed, cross-functional teams (e.g., Business Development, Product, Finance, Legal).

Preferred qualifications:

- MBA.

- 2 years of experience creating complex data sets, data modeling, and reporting.

- Experience operating across mobile platforms, consumer hardware, developer ecosystems, or OEM/carrier partner environments in EMEA.

- Proven agility in high-velocity settings with a demonstrated track record of managing competing priorities across multiple business streams.

- Strong strategic framing skills with the ability to structure undefined problems into prioritized action plans.

- Excellent change management, collaboration, and communication skills.

- Partner directly with Android Ecosystem and P&D Ecosystem Leads to translate strategic goal into actionable operational roadmaps and cross-team alignment.

- Navigate fluently between Android partner initiatives, P&D hardware/services strategies, and broader EMEA regional priorities.

- Lead the end-to-end design and execution of core leadership rhythms, including business reviews, executive briefings, strategic planning cycles, and team OKRs.

- Structure and execute ambiguous, cross-functional projects independently from conceptualization through implementation and impact measurement.

- Build trusted relationships with cross-functional leads across Business Development, Product, Marketing, Legal, and Finance to ensure operational cohesion.