Country Marketing Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa (English) at Google

Minimum qualifications:

• Experience with digital and traditional media/creative.
• Experience with marketing in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Ability to communicate in English fluently.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in project management (e.g., agency management, campaign and event planning, and execution), and delivering multiple and innovative projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with Business-to-Consumer and Business-to-Business marketing, and performance and brand marketing in the Sub-Saharan Africa region.
• Experience with technology or online industry.
• Ability to operate in a matrixed environment, influencing wide audiences at all levels and working effectively across functions and geographies.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to develop market insights, marketing strategy and analyze campaign effectiveness.
• Excellent leadership, management, written/verbal communication, and people management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide local market expertise and insights through an understanding of consumer, industry and engaged behaviour.
• Work closely with product teams in Mountain View to develop/adapt products for African users and businesses.
• Develop, advocate and implement Google's marketing plans for consumer and advertiser products in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Lead and manage project execution of high impact programs to drive product usage and positive public perception across SSA (e.g., Grow with Google).
• Build and mentor a team to manage all Google marketing efforts across SSA.
• Manage the SSA marketing budget and advocate the needs of the African markets in a fast-changing and dynamic international company. Drive new creative and execution best practices from Africa around the world.