Industry Lead, Consumer Brands and Electronics

A person with disabilities will be given preferential consideration per local regulations.

**Hamburg, Germany; Berlin, Germany**.
Minimum qualifications:

- Experience in online advertising technology and digital media.
- Experience in people management.
- Ability to speak and write in English and German fluently.

Preferred qualifications:

- Experience in the digital industry, marketing, brand management, or advertising sales.
- Experience in the Consumer Brands Industry.
- Commercial acumen, sales experience, and customer focus.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Google’s products and solutions.
- Track record of managing and cultivating executive client relationships.

**About the job**:
Businesses that partner with Google come in all shapes, sizes and market caps, and no one Google advertising solution works for all. Your knowledge of online media combined with your communication skills and analytical abilities shapes how new and existing businesses grow. Using your relationship-building skills, you provide Google-caliber client service, research and market analysis. You anticipate how decisions are made, persistently explore and uncover the business needs of Google's key clients and understand how our range of product offerings can grow their business. Working with them, you set the vision and the strategy for how their advertising can reach thousands of users.

In this role, you will manage a portfolio of global clients and brands in collaboration with global business partners. You will also build and maintain relationships with executive-level clients and relevant agency contacts, promoting Google at meetings, events and conferences. Understanding the roles within your team and as a people manager, you will provide team development, guidance, feedback and motivation, developing a deep understanding of the business needs of advertisers and customers. As part of the Germany branding sector leadership team, you will bring your industry, management, and business experience to this group while driving cross-team initiatives.

As an Industry Leader, you'll help customers make the most of the web and grow their business with Google. You'll lead a direct team of Industry Managers and Analysts and an extended virtual team of Account Managers and Programmatic Sales Managers. Additionally, you'll work collaboratively to develop the insight and strategy.

Our Large Customer Sales teams partner closely with many of the world’s biggest advertisers and agencies to develop digital solutions that build businesses and brands. We enjoy a bird’s eye view on the massive transformation occurring as advertising shifts to mobile and online platforms. We're uniquely situated to help shape how companies grow their businesses in the digital age. We advise clients on Google's broad range of products across search, video and mobile to help them connect instantly and seamlessly with their audiences.

**Responsibilities**:

- Build and grow relationships with C-level and executive-level clients and relevant agency contacts. Develop an understanding of the business and marketing strategies and needs of customers, and insights into their consumers’ behavior.
- Develop and manage the sight, strategy, and business plan.
- Educate and act as a thought-leader for digital, innovation and technology.
- Inspire, guide, and manage a cross-functional, cross-location team of industry managers, account managers, account optimizers, and industry analysts. Provide leadership, direction, coaching, guidance, feedback, and motivation.
- Discover and cultivate new business opportunities and drive business growth. Contribute to the overall branding strategy and plan/act as a key part of the branding sector management team, leading cross-sector initiatives.

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