Google Australia advertises top job

Google has publicly advertised for someone to lead its Australian and New Zealand operations, following the announcement of the promotion of its current local chief Karim Temsamani to a key mobile position in the search giant's Mountain View headquarters in the US.

Google Australia has publicly advertised a managing director position after incumbent head Karim Temsamani was promoted to a role within Google's US operations.(Credit: Delimiter)

Temsamani has led Google's rapidly expanding operations in Australia for the past two-and-a-half years after a stint at Fairfax Media, but in mid-August the search giant revealed that he would head to the US from 1 October.

Now the search is on for his replacement.

"As managing director, Australia and New Zealand, you will manage and set the the strategic and operational direction for the Australian and New Zealand market and drive all revenue opportunities and strategic partnerships," the advertisement stated.

"You'll manage your region's sales operations, ensuring that your sales team is sufficiently armed with the research and experience they'll need to convince clients that Google advertising products can meet and exceed their business objectives."

The candidate will need a strong academic record, with a higher-level degree preferred, at least 15 years of combined experience in media, advertising, management and consulting, and a "forward-looking vision" to drive revenue growth to meet Google's business objectives.

Google also noted that experience interacting with government agencies was a plus.

Google's external advertisement serves as a departure from companies traditionally sourcing internal staff to replace senior vacancies.

Ericsson Australia's Telstra account lead, Sam Saba, for example, stepped up to lead the company when incumbent Jacqueline Hey left her role. And US outsourcing giant CSC earlier this year replaced incumbent Australian chief Nick Wilkinson with Gavin Larkings, a former local executive with the group who was returning from an advanced management course at Harvard.

Google is also offering many other local job openings, in positions ranging from account management to operations and IT, technical writing, marketing and communications and legal counsel roles.