Group Product Manager, Search Platforms

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 10 years of experience in product management or related technical role.
  
• 5 years of experience in people management, with technical leadership.
  
• 5 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch (e.g., ideation to execution, end-to-end, 0 to 1, etc.).
• Technical product management experience, especially in AI/ML Infra.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in navigating Product and Technology tradeoffs (building the platform, while iterating on the product).
• Experience working with Engineers as customers.
• Experience as a manager working across time zones.
• Experience in leading Platform changes at scale, while understanding the end user habits.
• Understanding large-scale global products, nuances of managing high traffic, high capacity and making product fundamentals robust.

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.

To meet the evolving needs of our end-users and given the rapid enhancements in technology, Google Search has been rapidly enhancing our product experiences. The scale of Google Search continues to be unparalleled and AI Overviews is now the largest AI product in the world with monthly active users. Search Serving Infrastructure (SSI) is at the heart of Search’s ability to serve these experiences with cutting edge performance, ML infrastructure and scale.

In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $227,000-$320,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Be accountable for the mission-critical portfolio of Search Serving which includes search binaries and ML infrastructure. 
• Anticipate Search’s AI infrastructure needs (given the fast pace of changes) and build for the future. Own, establish and manage partnerships with teams in other product areas to enable this future vision.
• Partner closely with search feature teams to ensure that the user needs are well understood while building the Search serving stack.
• Build the required technical depth and expertise in this area to effectively lead the PM function.
  
• Lead and deliver through a highly talented team of senior PMs.