Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience in product management or related technical role.
5 years of experience in one or more of the following: On-Premise Infrastructure, Storage, Compute, Networking, Cloud infrastructure, SaaS, big data, security and privacy, development and operations, or artificial intelligence/machine learning.
5 years of experience driving product ideas, go-to-market strategy, and design discussions.
Preferred qualifications:
Knowledge of multiple functional areas such as Product Management, Engineering, UX/UI, Sales, Customer Support, Finance, or Marketing.
Ability to achieve strategic goals and evolve product strategy based on research, data, and industry trends in an innovative and fast-paced environment.
Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills.
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.
Google's ML, Systems and Cloud AI (MSCA) organization builds the technical foundation behind Google's products as well as for Google Cloud's compute and AI/ML offerings. The team manages the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. The COSMIC Product Team, within FluidML delivers resource life-cycle management solutions which provide insights and automation for infrastructure capacity management.
The team focuses on optimizing capacity planning and resource consumption so customers can manage resources efficiently lowering the cost for Google.
Google Cloud accelerates every organization's ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google's cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
Responsibilities
Identify strategic opportunities through data analysis, customer engagement and reasoning about industry trends on what problems may be presented in the near future.
Prepare executive reports (e.g., slides, documents) to present investment opportunities which address significant savings the team can pursue.
Build a product roadmap to clearly illustrate to the Engineering, ODS, and other partner teams what needs to be built, in what order, to address the opportunities.
Write PRDs to articulate the problem, high-level solution, and detailed requirements necessary to fulfill a solution to the specific problem.
Justify investments, and continue rationalizing the teams progress (e.g., savings, updates, etc.) against the business commitments made (e.g., OKRs, etc.).
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.
