Strategic Partner Development Manager, Sell and Service Partners

Sales
USA
March 15, 2026
FULL_TIME

Job Overview

  • Date Posted
    March 15, 2026
  • Location
    USA
  • Expiration date
    --

Job Description

2026-03-09T21:30:05.090Z

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Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Austin, TX, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10 years of experience in technology related sales, business development, channel sales, or partner management.
  • Experience working with public cloud technologies.
  • Experience working with service providers or solution integrator ecosystems.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience forecasting, exceeding quotas, and driving rhythm of business with partners.
  • Experience presenting to c-level audiences, including experience presenting at customer, partner, or industry events.
  • Experience with consumption business models, cloud economics, and partner agreement constructs.
  • Experience building business partnerships with solutions providers, managed service providers, or other SaaS/cloud resellers.
  • Experience orchestrating mutually beneficial business models, with the knowledge of engaged landscapes and financial structures.
  • Knowledge of cloud partner ecosystems.

About the job

The Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what’s next for their business — all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are developed for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers — developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies — see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners.

As a Partner Development Manager (PDM) for Sell and Service partners, you will own Google’s engagement with a select group of partners or single strategic partner. You will be responsible for establishing the foundations of the partnership by developing a joint business plan, driving practice development, and co-promoting partner capabilities to generate pipeline, secure strategic wins, and drive revenue. You will develop go-to-market strategies specific to your partners’ capabilities, identify the right market opportunities for them to address, and work with the executives to drive joint successes leveraging Google Cloud’s solutions. You will manage and optimize partner performance in accordance with business objectives and be responsible for representing the partner in sales, marketing, and technical initiatives both externally and with internal executive management.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $147,000-$213,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Develop a go-to-market strategy and joint business plan with a select group of named partners.
  • Implement a sales and technical development strategy, coaching partners how to source and progress pipeline and ensuring early partner engagement in Google sourced business.
  • Deliver against revenue goals and key business objectives by holding partners accountable across the business cycle to drive consistent business growth, including prospecting, qualifying, forecasting, and book of business management.
  • Educate your partners on Google’s incentive models and strategy across different market segments to maximize likelihood of winning new business and growing customer consumption.
  • Manage your partners’ business performance, understanding key partner agreement and deployment projects via regular reviews across pipeline, revenue and identification of cross and upsell potential.

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.

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