Marketing Manager, Gulf Region - Dubai

Find the user. Find the magic. Connect the two. At its core, marketing at Google starts with technology and ends with the user, bringing both together in unconventional ways. Our job is to demonstrate how Google’s products solve the world’s problems - from the everyday to the epic, from the mundane to the monumental. And, we approach marketing in a way that only Google can - breaks the rules, redefines the medium, makes the user the hero, and ultimately, lets the technology speak for itself.

The role: Marketing Manager, Gulf Region

As the Country Marketing Manager, you will be responsible for defining and executing marketing strategy for the countries in the Gulf region. You will need to set convincing strategies for our key products, accelerating penetration and product usage. You will advocate, communicate and implement strategy to country teams and senior management, working closely with the central and regional PR, Policy and Product teams and project-manage the execution of high impact programs to meet set objectives. You will also work with market insights and quantitative marketing to design and deliver studies and track effectiveness and ROI of marketing programs. You will report to the Regional Marketing Manager of Turkey, Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of Google's marketing plans for consumer and business products for the region, and advocate, communicate and implement the strategy working closely with the Google product, sales and PR teams.
• Ensure the monitoring of industry and provide local market expertise to the Google team.
• Evaluate opportunities and implement impactful creative programs and campaigns to increase awareness and adoption of Google products.

Requirements:

• BA/BS degree or equivalent, MBA a plus. Fluency in Arabic and English.
• Extensive marketing experience in the market, ideally with solid internet, online services/media industry experience.
• Strong aptitude for determining the optimal way to position products in the market and understanding of the search, online advertising, or web publishing markets.
• Understanding of Google's strategic and competitive position.
• Proven ability to deliver outstanding and highly creative marketing achievements with limited budgets.
• A proven, successful track record of increasing company revenue and awareness through well-executed marketing efforts.
• Thorough knowledge of off/online advertising planning, tracking and reporting.

Marketing Manager, Gulf Region - Dubai