Google Strategic Partner Development Lead, Android

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Job Details

Posted date: Jan 14, 2026

Location: Seattle, WA

Level: Senior

Estimated salary: $165,000
Range: $134,000 - $196,000


Description

Identify, create, lead, negotiate and implement effective business development agreements that drive results across the Android platform business. Maintain consultative business relationships with hardware partners and gain exposure to partners business initiatives to positively impact platform ecosystem proliferation. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to structure and execute business initiatives, develop work plans, lead analysis and develop and communicate final recommendations. Forecast and report business growth and other key metrics, track actual progress toward forecasts, drive new business opportunities and ensure the prompt and proper resolution of business issues with partners. Lead business reviews with partners and offer a strategic and problem-solving perspective of the partnership, identifying areas for improvement and growth.

Google's line of products and services to our clients never stops growing. The Partnerships Development team is responsible for seeking and exploring new opportunities with Google's partners. Equipped with your business acumen and extensive product knowledge, you are right on the front line of interacting with our partners, and helping them find ways to grow using Google's newest product offerings. Your knowledge of relevant verticals and relationships with key industry players will help shape our great applications and content for products such as YouTube, Google TV and Commerce.

Android is the first platform most people will use when they come online. The Android team at Google has built that reality over the last decade, in partnership with a global network of industry leading companies and individuals to form the Android ecosystem. The Android Platform Partnerships team at Google manages that ecosystem. We help partners realize the mutual benefit from making, distributing and connecting Android-based products for users throughout the world. Central to this is the Android platform itself, provided open source at Google scale for free to anyone.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $134,000-$196,000 + 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.



Qualifications

Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

7 years of experience in business development, partnerships, management consulting, or investment banking, in the consumer electronics, OEMs, telecom, apps, or technology industries. Experience working with C-level executives and cross-functionally across all levels of management.

Experience managing agreements or partnerships.

Preferred qualifications: Experience in business with a mobile platform, with a knowledge of internet technologies. Experience in coding, database manipulation (e.g., SQL) or financial modeling with quantitative problem-solving skills. Understanding of consumer electronics and the mobile value chain. Ability to zoom from strategy to execution, business minded, and collaborative. Excellent communication skills, ability to turn a high level concept into a well defined narrative with executive ready materials.

Extended Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

7 years of experience in business development, partnerships, management consulting, or investment banking, in the consumer electronics, OEMs, telecom, apps, or technology industries. Experience working with C-level executives and cross-functionally across all levels of management.

Experience managing agreements or partnerships.



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