Partner Upskilling Lead - Search, APAC

About the role

Google's gTech Ads supports customers across its Ad products stack, from account setup and campaign implementation to media solutions and technical and measurement support. It partners with Sales, Product and Engineering teams to improve products and the client experience. The new Agency and Partners (gAP) organization is building a third-party partner ecosystem, and its Upskilling team educates agencies and partners on media products and services to drive activation and growth. This role defines and delivers the enablement strategy for a global product area in the APAC region.

Key responsibilities

• Define the enablement strategy and learning roadmap for a global product priority in your region by auditing partner, product and service delivery gaps and designing targeted learning.
• Partner with regional delivery managers to deploy enablement programs, directly facilitating core product modules and workshops.
• Govern the partner certification process to maintain a sustainable, high-quality pipeline of product-ready agency and delivery partners.
• Work with gTech Ads, Product, Marketing and Sales to design and deploy service package bundles for agencies on annual goals.
• Foster cross-functional relationships to build trust, manage expectations and increase demand for the services.
• Lead projects supporting the team's distributed culture and large-scale internal operations.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience in program or project management.
• Preferred: experience with global agency ecosystems and collaborating across global teams and cultures.
• Preferred: experience in Google Ads products and media services.

Required skills

• Effective communication, people management and presentation skills, able to influence cross-functional and executive leadership.
• Demonstrated problem-solving and execution skills.
• Critical thinking on ambiguous problems.