Google Looking for Director, Sales and Partnerships, Google for Education at Chicago, IL Full Time

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

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in sales/business development roles or relevant roles, with 6 years of experience in a management role.

• Experience in channel and partner development.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in channel and partner development (e.g., EdTech, educational market).

• Ability to drive action in a cross-functional and relationship based organization and engage at all levels.

• Ability to manage multiple projects and work-streams.

• Excellent verbal communication, collaboration, problem solving, and analytical skills.

• Passion for the education vertical.

About the job

In this role, you will be part of a growing team that looks to transform teaching and learning at scale, bridge the digital divide in North American schools, and deliver more sustainable long-term business results for GfE’s solutions.

You will lead a 25+ Google for Education (GfE) sales and partnerships team, selling educational solutions that cut across Chrome, Workspace and Classroom, EdTech Partnerships, Analytics and Cloud Solutions for K-12 and Higher Ed customers. You will be in charge of delivering these educational solutions across North America and be a valued strategic leader of GfE’s global business.

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.

Responsibilities

Lead and build North American Sales teams to enable them to effectively deliver valuable solutions to our K-12, Higher Ed and EdTech customers. * Maintain leadership position in North America, in both device and software solutions for teachers, students, and educational leaders.

• Develop and strengthen relationships at the national and state levels, with large school districts across the United States and Canada, and with key distribution and channel partners.

• Collaborate with the Global Impact Team to bring professional development and broad transformation management support to our users, ensuring they lead to successful educational outcomes.

• Collaborate with the Workspace Specialist Team to drive continued love for and adoption of our paid Workspace/Classroom solutions.

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