Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience in product management.
Preferred qualifications:
Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related field.
Experience as Infrastructure Product Manager (e.g., Cloud, SaaS, etc.).
Experience in communicating with clients who are first-party or third-party engineers.
About the job
At Google, we put our users first. The world is always changing, so we need Product Managers who are continuously adapting and excited to work on products that affect millions of people every day.
In this role, you will work cross-functionally to guide products from conception to launch by connecting the technical and business worlds. You can break down complex problems into steps that drive product development.
One of the many reasons Google consistently brings innovative, world-changing products to market is because of the collaborative work we do in Product Management. Our team works closely with creative engineers, designers, marketers, etc. to help design and develop technologies that improve access to the world's information. We're responsible for guiding products throughout the execution cycle, focusing specifically on analyzing, positioning, packaging, promoting, and tailoring our solutions to our users.
The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google's flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google's products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.
Responsibilities
Work with clients to gather requirements and analyze feature gaps with the indexing platform. Summarize, present, and prioritize feature requests to the Data Indexing engineering team, team leads, and clients.
Align with clients on the onboarding timelines and set joint Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). Work with Product Management and engineering leads throughout the organization to shape the future direction of the product.
Partner with Product Management and engineering of crawling and serving backend systems to provide a coherent development experience.
Work with cross-functional teams including UX and Tech Writers to summarize findings and propose changes to improve product APIs/Software Development Kit (SDKs) and documentation.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
