Strategic Partner Manager, YouTube

Los Angeles, CA, US San Bruno, CA, US Until 8/21/2026 First posted April 22, 2026 Last posted April 22, 2026
Job description

About the Job

YouTube's user base is growing and changing, presenting unique challenges and opportunities to support over a billion monthly users around the world. Fast-paced, dynamic, and proactive, the YouTube Partner Development & Services team provides seamless help to our partners, creators, and artists on YouTube, ensuring an exceptional experience for all YouTube users.

As a Strategic Partner Manager (SPM), you will manage a portfolio of YouTube creators who are critical to our business objectives. You will drive product adoption and optimization across YouTube’s platform priorities while also assessing creators needs and goals, crafting a plan to grow their channel, and delivering insights and strategy to enable their success on YouTube. You will deliver against partner performance metrics and core program Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to drive maximum impact. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners across the YouTube business.

In this role, you will grow in a fast-paced environment, and you are building a working understanding of YouTube internal processes, products, and teams. You support your team in deepening relationships with key partners and creators, helping them optimize and adopt features, enabling YouTube to be successful. You are developing your skills in relationship-building, negotiation, project management, and collaboration, focusing on tasks that contribute to your team's and organization's goals.

At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun and we do it all together.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $73,500-$103,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a scaled portfolio of YouTube partners toward strategic goals, including established scaled strategic relationships with partners through different engagement types.
  • Drive product adoption, optimization across YouTube priorities and support creators in their content, business generation and viewership goals.
  • Ensure your partner portfolio complies with YouTube’s community guidelines and business generation policies and support them in navigating YouTube’s support and operations teams.
  • Engage with and understand the latest features, policies, and platform improvements to help partners succeed.
  • Manage project initiatives to grow emerging creators, including workshops, events and other scaled initiatives.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience in partnerships, working with creators.
  • Experience in agreement negotiation and partnership agreements.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience working in a dynamic, ever-changing, and collaborative environment.
  • Ability to identify potential business opportunities, assess financial/business benefit, structure agreements, and discuss terms with strategic partners.
  • Ability to analyze data and draw insights.
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills.

Additional Information

This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.

Applicants in the County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

About this role

Summary

Manage YouTube creator partnerships, drive product adoption, support growth, and ensure policy compliance.

Job title

Strategic Partner Manager, YouTube

Experience level

2+ years

Industry

technology

Location requirements

Los Angeles or San Bruno, CA; remote options possible

Salary

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $73,500-$103,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

partnershipscreatorsagreement negotiation

Preferred skills

collaborative environmentbusiness opportunitiesdata analysiscommunicationinfluencing

Specializations

content creationbusiness developmentplatform policies
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Los Angeles, CA, USA

On-site City

San Bruno, CA, USA

On-site City