Head of Agency Partnerships, India (remote)

• At least 8-10 years experience overall, with at least 3-5 years experience in partnerships oriented roles
  
• To be a great leader and manager. You help instill confidence and skill in your direct reports. People really want to work for you and with you, and you have done this with people both in office and remote, and across time zones. You're able to be an effective teacher and mentor, and have the capability of developing your team to operate at the next level.
  
• Experience building teams and strategies in India and understand the complexities and diversity of the market. You are used to owning your craft and market in a global organisation.
  
• A background in partnerships. We'll want to hear about your experiences managing different types of partners and about your impact enabling your partner's to have success.
  
• Proven experience in navigating complexity. You will have worked successfully in an environment of constant change, few rules and structures, and with rapidly rising expectations. You understand how to prioritize the ‘big rocks' and are able to help your team do the same.
  
• Creativity and execution. You come up with unique ways to solve problems, you're able to connect the dots and nail down root causes for problems. You don't easily take no for an answer and are effective in translating strategic directions into action.
  
• To be a champion for your teams. Being close to the action, you'll need to know your teams and your people well, and have their trust so that issues and concerns are voiced readily allowing you to escalate and take appropriate action. You're willing and able to get your hands dirty alongside your teams.
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and a relentless attention to detail.
  
• Knowledge of the ecommerce ecosystem; there are many moving parts and you need to understand how they all integrate and fit together.
  
• Understanding of ecommerce best practices, industry trends, tech vendors, integrations, systems architecture etc.
  
• Strong time management and prioritisation skills to support a wide portfolio of Partners with multiple asks coming through at the same time, and the ability to reprioritise on an ongoing basis.
  

Qualifications

• Experience working with digital agencies. Due to our most active partners being digital agencies, it would be ideal if you have a strong understanding of how these businesses work, create value for their clients, and leverage technologies to create a unique selling proposition.
  
• Exposure to globally diverse teams. Shopify is growing rapidly and we are continually investing in new regions.
  
• A trainer at heart - you love enabling others to be the best they can be.
  
• The ability to thrive on change. We evolve at a rapid pace and things change quickly, sometimes even daily!
  

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