Strategic Partnership Manager, YouTube (English, Japanese)

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in business development, partnerships, consulting, finance, strategy or business/product operations.
  
• Ability to communicate in English and Japanese fluently to converse with Japanese clients.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with broadcasting networks, creators, and media service platforms.
  
• Experience in project management, including ability to work on multiple time-sensitive projects.
  
• Understanding of the online business as well as the media industry.
  
• Excellent negotiation and problem solving skills regarding contractual, technical, and financial issues.

Excellent strategic thinking skills.

About the job

Join us and play a pivotal role in shaping the new content ecosystem, guiding our partners towards success on YouTube, and making a lasting impact on the world.

This role sits in the Scaled Partnership team. We work as a team to provide the creators the best experience in a scaled manner, while each Strategic Partner Manager is assigned to a portfolio.

At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun - and we do it all together.

Responsibilities

• Manage creators and companies.
• Help partners achieve their goals by providing consultative support. This covers various topics: content strategy, branding and biz skills, business generation, YouTube product features, etc.
• Be able to strategize your communication with partners, engaging them effectively. Leverage different forms of communication for scaled workshops to maximize the impact.
• Pitch and support adoption of product features that are YouTube organization's priority, and serve towards partner's channel growth.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Partner support, Engineering, Marketing, Product, PR, etc.