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Roli Agarwal

Partnerships Manager

Gurugram, Haryana, India23 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 19+ years of diverse leadership experience
  • Expert in strategic partnerships and product growth
  • Passionate about coaching and leadership development
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in the tech industry with a focus on partnerships and product strategy.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product StrategyStrategic LeadershipGovernment AdvocacyStrategic Influence

Other Skills

Climate ChangeOrganizational StructureCross-functional Team LeadershipStorytellingGovernment RelationsPartnershipsExecutive-level CommunicationStrategic NegotiationsLeadershipPeople DevelopmentStrategic CommunicationsStrategic PartnershipsStrategyCorporate CommunicationsPublic Relations

About

Roli Agarwal, is the Head of Product Partnerships for Google in India. In this role, she leads Google Maps partnerships besides multi-hatting as a regional and global business leader for strategic charters. Roli comes with 19+ years of experience across functions (Partnerships, Sales, Marketing, PR & Communications) and roles (country, regional, global). She’s demonstrated leadership flexibility in large complex as also start-up environments, across private, government and social sectors. Roli has been with Google for over 15 years. In this time she’s worked in multiple offices across India and in Singapore. Roli has proven expertise in establishing, leading and growing teams for strategic charters. She’s orchestrated complex partnerships to enhance user acquisition, engagement, and accelerate product growth. She has a keen eye for consumer behaviour and has influenced product roadmaps and go to market plans both globally and in region. Previously, Roli led Product communications for Asia and her portfolio included Google Search, Maps, Chrome and Google’s enterprise offerings. She joined Google in 2006 to set up and lead Google’s Corporate communications function in India. Before Google, Roli was with Ideal Cellular (now Voda Idea), a telco in India where she led Alternate Sales Channel and Industry Alliances. Her work helped to acquire prepaid users in a highly competitive market and positively impacted brand engagement. Roli started her career with 2020 Media (now 2020 MSL) a leading public relations consultancy focused on technology and telecom clients. She led an impressive portfolio of accounts, (Intel, HP, Ericsson, Zenith, to name a few) with PR mandates ranging from corporate brand positioning, product launches to crisis management, talent acquisition, and influencer advocacy. She has a diploma in Business Management (dual majors: Marketing and Human Resource) and calls herself a learner for life. Besides technology, Roli is passionate about coaching and leadership development. She’s worked with over 100 people from nine countries (Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, America and India) and particularly enjoys working with entrepreneurs. Her passion for yoga led her to become an internationally certified Yoga Teacher. She also has a penchant for spaces and has designed her own home and her family's farm and homestay cottage in the himalayan foothills in India.

Experience

Google

5 roles

Head of Strategic Partnerships, Knowledge and Information Product Portfolio

Promoted

Jan 2019Present · 7 yrs 2 mos

Product StrategyClimate ChangeOrganizational StructureCross-functional Team LeadershipStrategic InfluenceStorytelling+4

Head of Strategic Product Partnerships

Jan 2017Dec 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos

Government AdvocacyProduct StrategyCross-functional Team LeadershipStrategic InfluenceGovernment Relations

Strategic Partnerships Manager - APAC

Promoted

Feb 2012Jan 2017 · 4 yrs 11 mos

Government AdvocacyProduct StrategyCross-functional Team LeadershipStrategic InfluenceStorytellingStrategic Negotiations+2

Communications Manager- Japan and Asia Pacific

Sep 2009Feb 2012 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Storytelling

Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Google India

May 2006Sep 2009 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Strategic InfluenceStorytelling

Idea cellular ltd

Asst Manager, Marketing

Jul 2005May 2006 · 10 mos

20:20 media

Senior Account Executive

Jun 2002Jul 2005 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Education

Amity University

PGDM

Jan 2000Jan 2002

Govt. College for Girls Sector 11 Chandigarh

Bachelor's degree — English/ Economics/ Psychology

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