Facebook is seeking a Telecom Ecosystem Partnerships Manager who is obsessed with mobile technology, social media, digital commerce and business strategy. The ideal candidate will have experience in the consumer Internet and mobile industry, with an extensive network in these spaces. You have demonstrated strengths and expertise in strategic analysis, product management, zero to one business development and marketing. You're a great executor, who can be bold and move fast. This team at Facebook are responsible for defining and driving growth initiatives, identifying growth opportunities that help acquire new users as well as retaining current users, and working on improving the product to further improve the Facebook user experience. The role will be based in Mumbai

Strategic Partner Manager, Telecom Ecosystem Partnerships, India Responsibilities:

• Engage with telco leaders & executive teams to drive a Meta first mindset and fuel symbiotic partnerships
• Drive local execution of growth initiatives, spanning the range of existing services at Meta, through online and retail driven growth programs stitched with teams across the broader cross functional organization
• Provide market insights, identify and monitor strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats relevant to adoption of Meta's family of apps (FOA : Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram..) in the region in conjunction with managed telco clients
• Influence and improve the Meta FOA experience for users in the region by identifying gaps in product-market fit and deploying appropriate solutions
• Explore, identify and evaluate strategic growth opportunities in domains including key enterprise, OEM (mobile devices), digital commerce, music streaming, gaming, business messaging, etc
• Engage with telecom service providers to drive improvements in network deployments through analytics & innovative connectivity technologies

Minimum Qualifications:

• Self-driven, resilient & comfortable with a fast-paced, always-on, extremely cross-functional, highly ambiguous start-up environment
• A flair for managing & nurturing strategic account relationships
• Strong quantitative & analytical background with comfort to work with dashboards, data sheets & others structured environments
• 12+ years of experience including significant contribution in the Mobile industry. Extensive knowledge of online & telco business models and Internet/consumer technology.
• Possesses mobile (consumer/enterprise/IOT) product management skills and experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience working in a high growth role in a telco or internet technology company preferred
• Extensive experience dealing with scaled partners across organizational levels & hierarchies