Product Manager I, Geo Roads and Safety Data

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience in product management or a related technical role.
• 1 year of experience taking technical products from conception to launch, such as ideation through execution, end-to-end, or 0-to-1 work.

Preferred qualifications

• 2 years of experience preparing and delivering technical presentations to executive leadership.
• Experience deploying machine learning models in production, including quality evaluation and policy design.
• Experience with geospatial datasets or large, complex datasets.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage product roadmaps, and deliver high-quality products on schedule.
• Comfort with SQL, Python, and self-directed data analysis.

About the job

Product Managers guide products from conception to launch by connecting technical and business needs and breaking complex problems into actionable product-development steps. The role works closely with engineers, designers, marketers, and other partners throughout the execution cycle, including analyzing, positioning, packaging, promoting, and tailoring solutions to users.

As part of the Basemap Data team, the Data Product Manager delivers data products that power search, navigation, and orientation use cases across Geo. The role focuses on building and scaling fundamental data layers for map products, including maintaining a fresh, accurate core road network and delivering safety and driver-assistance attributes. These products support foundational routing and consumer navigation as well as advanced automotive features, such as adaptive cruise control for Auto OEM partners.

The role owns critical short- and long-term deliverables and provides the opportunity to develop expertise in the geospatial market and in building scalable data products. The Geo team builds accurate, comprehensive, and useful maps across products including Maps, Earth, Street View, and Google Maps Platform. It also enables developers to enhance apps and websites with mapping capabilities while solving complex computer science problems, designing intuitive experiences, and improving understanding of the real world.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering and operations to deliver scalable systems powered by AI and operations that provide detailed road-network, geometry, road-sign, and other attribute data for consumer and automotive use cases.
• Define enterprise-grade quality standards for core basemap data products, including roads, signs, and speed-limit data, to meet enterprise user needs in AI-powered services.
• Identify and integrate new data sources, including vehicle sensor observations, driving telemetry, user reports, and imagery, to maintain a fresh map of the real world.
• Drive prioritization and development of features that increase the level of detail in foundational roads and speed-limit products.
• Lead market research across consumer and automotive offerings to influence the data roadmap.