Biggest Challenges Faced by a Strategic Partner Manager at Google
Nate's biggest challenge as a Strategic Partner Manager at Google, having previously worked at smaller companies, is "navigating the Beast that is a large company like Google," specifically the difficulty in accessing resources and finding the right people to solve problems. However, this challenge is also viewed as an opportunity for learning and growth, given the vast resources and diverse expertise available.
Overcoming Challenges, Navigating Large Organizations, Resource Management, Problem-Solving, Leadership
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Nate Muluneh
Strategic Partner Manager/Team Lead, GP Sellside
University of Arizona, 2015
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Business Management & Admin, Finance
Technology, Advertising, Communications & Marketing
Sales and Client Management
Scholarship Recipient, Worked 20+ Hours in School
Video Highlights
1. Navigating a large company like Google and accessing its resources effectively.
2. Leveraging the vast resources and diverse expertise within a large organization.
3. Overcoming the challenges of navigating a large company while viewing it as an opportunity for learning and growth.
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What is your biggest challenge in your current role?
My biggest challenge in my current role is probably navigating the beast that is a large company like Google. My previous experiences, as far as career goes, were at pretty small startups or mid-cap companies where it's anywhere between three employees to at most, maybe a hundred.
With those smaller companies, you have a lot of direct access to folks and you can get a lot of your questions answered pretty fast. Moving to a company like Google, you realize that while it's incredible, the amount of resources we have at our disposal can be somewhat challenging to navigate.
It's about understanding where the right places are to get answers for certain things and the right people to reach out to for problems or issues that you're hoping to solve. So, I'd say that's been the biggest challenge.
But with any challenge, I also see it as an opportunity. With all of those resources, there's so much that I can learn and so many different people I can tap into. So, it may be challenging, but it's also somewhat interesting at the same time.
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