About Google

----------------- Google's line of products and services to clients never stops growing. Strategic Partner Managers have the rare opportunity to build a long-lasting relationship with our top partners. You cultivate these existing partnerships to make sure they can take full advantage of Google's ever-growing suite of offerings. You possess strong relationship-building skills and are apt to see mutually beneficial opportunities with partners in order to best represent our users, products and programs.

Excerpted from one of Google's open partner manager postings.

Compensation Context

This company's median disclosed compensation for mid partner roles is $178K. The national median for mid partner manager roles in our dataset is $110K, meaning Google posts roughly 62 percent above the national median for this seniority.

For the full seniority-by-seniority comparison, see our state of partner manager compensation analysis.

Seniority Mix

Open partner roles at Google span the entry, mid, senior, director, head of and vp bands (entry (1), mid (33), senior (7), director (1), head of (3), vp (1)). The seniority breakdown shapes whether the company is building a partner org (more director-and-above hiring) or staffing it out (more mid-level hiring).

Partner Program Signals

Structural signals extracted from this company's open partner job descriptions:

  • Channel: Indirect revenue motion through resellers, distributors, MSPs, or referral partners.
  • Enterprise: Enterprise segment focus, typical deal size in the $100K+ range.
  • Smb: Small-to-medium business segment focus, higher transaction volume.
  • North America: North America regional focus.
  • Long: Long sales cycle, multi-quarter or longer.
  • Equity: Equity compensation is part of the package.

Tool Stack Mentioned in Postings

Named tools and platforms that appear in this company's partner manager job descriptions, weighted by mention count.

Gcp (8)Python (2)Gemini (2)Vertex Ai (2)Javascript (1)Rag (1)

Where They Hire

Open partner postings appear in the following locations:

  • New York, NY, US (14)
  • New York, NY (11)
  • Sunnyvale, CA (3)
  • London, England, UK (3)
  • Mountain View, CA, US (2)
  • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (2)
  • San Jose, CA, US (1)
  • Austin, TX, US (1)

Open Partner Manager Roles at Google

Title Location Salary Range Seniority
Account Manager, Media and Entertainment, CTV Partnerships New York, NY, US $112K - $161K Mid
Audience and Revenue Lead, Ecosystem Investments New York, NY, US $140K - $203K Mid
Business Analyst II, Creator Partnerships, YouTube New York, NY Not disclosed Entry
Business Development and Major Label Partnerships Manager, YouTube New York, NY Not disclosed Mid
Business Intelligence and Operations Lead, Top Partners, Global Partnerships New York, NY Not disclosed Mid
Communications Manager, Music and Artist Partnerships, YouTube New York, NY Not disclosed Mid
Community Development Manager, Data Center Strategic Partnerships OH, US $159K - $230K Mid
Community Development Manager, Data Center Strategic Partnerships Office KS, US $159K - $230K Mid
Community Development Manager, Strategic Partnership Office Henderson, NV, US $188K - $274K Mid
Community Development Manager, Strategic Partnerships Office Amarillo, TX Not disclosed Mid
Director, Data Center Ecosystem Sunnyvale, CA Not disclosed Director
Ecosystem Sales Engineer, Large Customer Sales New York, NY, US $138K - $200K Mid
GSI Partner Engineer, Google Cloud Not disclosed Mid
Global Analytics and AI Strategic Partner Development Manager New York, NY Not disclosed Mid
Group Product Manager, YouTube Creator Partnerships San Bruno, CA Not disclosed Mid
Group Product Marketing Manager, Creator Partnerships New York, NY Not disclosed Mid
Head of Admob Partnerships, Sellside Monetization New York, NY, US $224K - $311K Head of
Head of Channel Sales and Activation, Devices and Services London, England, UK Not disclosed Head of
Head of Strategic Partner Development, Global Partnerships for Gemini and GenAI New York, NY Not disclosed Head of
Manager, Consumer Payments Partner Engineering Sunnyvale, CA Not disclosed Mid
Manager, Music Content Partnerships, YouTube Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Not disclosed Mid
Managing Director, Partnerships, Google Play London, England, UK Not disclosed Mid
Partner Engineer, Google Cloud, GSI Hyderabad, Telangana, India Not disclosed Mid
Partner Marketing Manager, Global Distribution, Cloud Marketing New York, NY Not disclosed Mid
Payments Partner Engineer London, England, UK Not disclosed Mid
Principal Engineer, Agentic AI, App and EcoSystem Safety Not disclosed Senior
Product Manager, Sharing and Collaboration, Ecosystem Experiences San Jose, CA, US $163K - $236K Mid
Senior Ecosystem Sales Engineer, Large Customer Sales New York, NY Not disclosed Senior
Senior Partner Marketing Manager, AUNZ Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Not disclosed Senior
Senior Product Manager, App Ads Measurement and Ecosystem New York, NY, US $192K - $278K Senior
Senior Software Engineer, Search Ecosystems, AI/ML Mountain View, CA, US $174K - $252K Senior
Software Engineer III, AI/ML, Search Ecosystems Mountain View, CA, US $147K - $210K Mid
Strategic Alliance Manager III, Security, Google Cloud New York, NY, US $147K - $213K Mid
Strategic Missions and Partnerships Sales Leader, Google Cloud Universal Ledger New York, NY Not disclosed Mid
Strategic Partner Development Lead, Agentic Commerce and Ads Safety and Infrastructure New York, NY, US $140K - $203K Mid
Strategic Partner Development Lead, Flow Enterprise New York, NY, US $140K - $203K Mid
Strategic Partner Development Lead, Payments Partnerships New York, NY, US $140K - $203K Mid
Strategic Partner Development Manager, Private Equity, Google Cloud New York, NY, US $224K - $311K Mid
Strategic Partner Development Senior Associate, Global Ads New York, NY, US $112K - $161K Senior
Strategic Partner Development Senior Associate, Sports and Streaming Partnerships New York, NY, US $112K - $161K Senior
Strategic Partner Manager, Public Figures, YouTube New York, NY Not disclosed Mid
Strategic Partnerships Development Manager New York, NY, US $141K - $204K Mid
Strategic Partnerships Development Manager, Android Ecosystem Partnerships Not disclosed Mid
Strategic UX Designer, Ecosystem Growth New York, NY, US $159K - $230K Mid
Trust and Safety Analyst, Developer Experience and Ecosystem Programs Austin, TX, US $116K - $166K Mid
Vice President, Strategic Alliances Sunnyvale, CA Not disclosed VP

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