Associate Product Marketing Manager at Google Nigeria

Google is not a conventional company, and we don't intend to become one. True, we share attributes with the world's most successful organizations - a focus on innovation and smart business practices comes to mind - but even as we continue to grow, we're committed to retaining a small-company feel. At Google, we know that every employee has something important to say, and that every employee is integral to our success. We provide individually-tailored compensation packages that can be comprised of competitive salary, bonus, and equity components, along with the opportunity to earn further financial bonuses and rewards.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Associate Product Marketing Manager, Android

Location: Lagos Nigeria

About the Job

• Whether you're on a consumer product (like Gmail, Search, Maps, Chrome, Android) or a business product (Google Ads, AdSense, Google Marketing Platform, Analytics), you take part in a complete marketing experience as you lead every facet of the product's journey.
• From determining positioning, naming, competitive analysis, feature prioritization and external communications, you help shape the voice of the product and help it grow a consumer base. This means you work with a cross-functional team across Sales, corporate communications, legal, webmasters, product development, engineering and more. In this role, you'll be involved with product marketing strategy from beginning to end.
• Join Google’s Sub-Saharan Africa Platforms & Ecosystems Marketing team, working to solve access barriers for more people to access the internet and get online across the region.
• Know the user. Know the magic. Connect the two. At its core, marketing at Google starts with technology and ends with the user, bringing both together in unconventional ways. Our job is to demonstrate how Google's products solve the world's problems--from the everyday to the epic, from the mundane to the monumental.
• And we approach marketing in a way that only Google can--changing the game, redefining the medium, making the user the priority, and ultimately, letting the technology speak for itself.

Responsibilities

• Develop marketing plans for Android in Sub-Saharan Africa and execute campaigns (co-marketing and owned) to drive usage of Google apps and co-market with Telcos and OEM partners.
• Use quantitative methods, models, and research to help Google better understand consumer behavior.
• Leverage marketing insights to better understand our customers and represent the voice of the user whilst developing actionable, data-driven insights to inform product and marketing strategy.
• Define and execute go-to-market strategies and organizational coordination for feature/product launches.
• Define the retail marketing strategy for Android in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent practical experience in tech marketing, brand management, strategy consulting or agency.
• Experience working with partners and businesses to drive mutual value.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing partnerships.
• Demonstrated analytical success. Demonstrated capacity for developing and understanding strategy.
• Understanding of Google's products, technology industry, mobile industry and Google/Android’s positioning in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Penchant for technology, creativity to "think outside the box” and leadership to execute effectively.
• Global mindset and ability to think across disciplines, industries, cultures and scenarios. Ability to manage and coordinate projects that span multiple locations.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location for this position from the following: Johannesburg, South Africa; Nairobi, Kenya; Lagos, Nigeria