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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in public relations, media relations, or internal and executive communications with technology products or services.
• Experience in communications within a business, social media, traditional media, non-profit, or a similar environment.
• Experience with developing and implementing social media campaigns with measurable results.
• Experience working in the digital or traditional media landscape in the Southern Africa region.

Preferred qualifications:

• Ability to focus, prioritise, and maintain good judgement in a fast-paced environment; to think, plan, and execute on multiple projects simultaneously in an organised fashion; and to adapt quickly and escalate issues effectively.
• Ability to work with colleagues in various geographies and understand cultural differences, and work well as part of a team and lead efforts across disciplines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, alongside fluency in one or more language native to the Southern African region.

Responsibilities

• Build close, productive relationships with social influencers, journalists, key partners, and influencers in tech, business, and mainstream press in South Africa, while thinking creatively, taking smart risks, and addressing tough issues as they arise.
• Create written materials including story pitches, messaging guidelines, press releases, Q&As, presentations, and speeches, and design strategies and content for external communications channels.
• Partner with Product, Sales, Marketing, and other teams across Google to craft compelling communication strategies that show the usefulness and key benefits of products, platforms and programs.
• Represent Google as a company spokesperson for a wide variety of social and traditional media inquiries. Assist with all communications activities in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Coach and guide company officials for press activities, and oversee external agencies to support day-to-day inquiries, special projects, and events.

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in structuring wholesale telecommunications infrastructure agreements within the telecommunications sector, specifically in the areas of fiber networks, colocation data centers, and transport services.

Preferred qualifications:

• Understanding of transport networks, including DWDM, dark fiber, IP transit, and subsea cable systems.
• Understanding of regulatory frameworks and business practices within the telecommunications market.
• Proven ability to apply deep financial acumen, with specific expertise in conducting net present value (NPV) assessments, structuring complex commercial agreements, and performing return on investment (ROI) analyses.
• Strong established relationships within the regional telecom ecosystem.
• A proven track record of operating autonomously in negotiating and closing infrastructure and managed services deals.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain long-term relationships with key commercial partners including telecommunications companies, network carriers and colocation operators for the purposes of managing our strategies of asset acquisition, deep edge network penetration, and Cloud partnerships. 
• Cultivate and grow relationships with vendors and partners to facilitate the on-time execution of high-quality contracts and orders.
• Work closely with legal, planning, tax, policy and treasury teams, while identifying cost-effective solutions and optimal commercial frameworks for our needs.
• Discuss and implement commercial frameworks that allow for predictable, efficient delivery of assets to meet the needs of Google's portfolio of products and services.