PRODUCT AREA
Google creates products and services that make the world a better place, and gTech’s role is to help bring them to life. Our teams of trusted advisors support customers globally. Our solutions are rooted in our technical skill, product expertise, and a thorough understanding of our customers’ complex needs. Whether the answer is a bespoke solution to solve a unique problem, or a new tool that can scale across Google, everything we do aims to ensure our customers benefit from the full potential of Google products.
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JOB DESCRIPTION
At gTech’s Users and Products team (gUP), our mission is to help users get the most out of Google. We represent Google's users and many of our partners globally, sharing insights with the larger Google organization to enable exceptional customer and product experiences.
gUP builds innovative solutions that take user experience and engagement with Google to the next level, supporting users across products, countries, cultures, incomes, and identities. We advocate for users through partnerships with product areas at Google (and some Alphabet businesses), supporting Google’s consumer products ecosystem and enabling numerous launches for Google’s consumer products each year.
ADDITIONAL JOB DESCRIPTION
As a Google Technical Solutions Consultant, you will be responsible for the technical relationship of our largest news partners. You will collaborate with teams in Engineering, Sales, and Product Management to leverage emerging technologies for our internal or external clients/partners. From concept design and testing to data analysis and support, you will oversee the technical execution and business operations of Google's News partnerships.
You will balance business and partner needs with technical constraints, develop innovative, cutting edge solutions and act as a partner and consultant to those you are working with. In addition, you will build tools and automate products, oversee the technical execution and business operations of Google's News products, as well as develop product strategy and prioritize projects and resources.
Qualifications
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work closely with our News Product, Engineering, and Partnership teams to develop cutting-edge solutions and provide consulting services to our news publishers to cater to client needs and build lasting relationships.
- Help news publishers in their day-to-day challenges by being the subject matter expert, delivering innovative and scalable solutions and troubleshooting their technical issues.
- Propose, design, create and present prototypes, demos, and proofs-of-concept to a wide variety of audiences from engineers to marketing professionals.
- Perform implementation reviews. Advocate for new product features, and provide partner feedback to internal cross-functional teams including Product Management and Engineering.
- Deliver Business Intelligence. Leverage internal and external data sources to provide data insights to drive decision making.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience in web technologies, HTML, JS, CSS, frontend and backend.
- Ability to communicate in English and Japanese fluently to manage partners who speak Japanese and English.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience working with and managing external partners/customers.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts to various audiences.
- Demonstrated thought leadership and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
