Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in product management or related technical role.
- 2 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in consumer hardware (ideally having shipped a few products from definition to launch) in the capacity of a PM or GM/CEO/Founder.
- Experience with media, media frameworks, or streaming/linear tv applications.
- Experience working with executives across various functions and externally.
- Ability to build relationships, collaborating, and influencing others, especially in Engineering, User Experience (UX).
- Familiarity with computing and mobile operating systems and Software (SW) application development life cycles.
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.
In this role, you will contribute to bringing the magic of Google into living rooms around the world with helpful, engaging, and delightful experiences, working with the Google TV team to re-define the TV experience to make it highly personalized, Google-smart, content and voice-forward and powered by AI/ML to help users access the world’s media and knowledge while bringing together the best of Google across all our services.
Google TV is redefining the TV experience to make it highly personalized, Google-smart, and content-forward to help users access the world’s media. Through recent launches like Chromecast with Google TV, we bring together the best of Google. Google TV is focused on scaling across the OEM ecosystem; working closely with third-party streaming partners plus many teams across Google (for example: Ads, Play, and YouTube); and building a business on TV platforms, OTT devices, and mobile devices. With millions of active users of our products plus being amidst the quickly evolving media and entertainment industry, there are plenty of opportunities for the team and individuals in it.Responsibilities
- Work with partner teams (e.g., engineers, PgMs, UX) during product design and development to implement the requirements to turn Product Requirements Documents (PRDs) into Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) for one or more teams.
- Define product roadmaps by operationalizing strategy.
- Develop and secure buy-in for a product goals that identifies, defines, and supports the overall product narrative and direction, achieving an outcome that is greater than the sum of its parts.
- Validate the market size and opportunity (e.g., user-based, opportunity, business).
- Drive launches, maintenance, and retirement in collaboration with other cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
