Top Partner Manager, Retail

Role Overview

The Top Partner Manager, Retail will lead the work with key UK Retail Partners to enable T2T relationships, deliver commercial impact, advance AI, and drive industry allyships. The role requires a highly strategic, forward-thinking, and problem-solving leader who can help unlock the massive growth opportunity for Retail in the UK.

What You Will Do

The responsibilities of the role include identifying, leading, and executing holistic cross-functional initiatives across Google’s teams and products in Retail, collaborating with senior Retail and Regional decision-makers, delivering thought leadership, and enabling teams to develop tailored vertical solutions across the Retail value chain.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 7 years of experience in business development, partnerships, management consulting, strategy consulting, or corporate strategy in the Retail industry, with a proven ability to influence others and drive progress with internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
• 7 years of experience in business development, partnerships, management consulting, strategy consulting, or corporate strategy in the Retail industry
• Experience working with C-level executives and cross-functionally across all levels of management
• Experience managing multiple projects or workstreams with a focus on structured execution
• Knowledge of the Retail industry
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, to solve complex problems and to scale effectively across a large and highly distributed organization
• Proven ability to influence others for driving progress and commitment with internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated program and partner management skills, with experience in executing complex strategic and operational initiatives
• Excellent problem-solving and analysis skills, combined with impeccable business judgment