Senior Product Manager, Pixel New Product Introduction

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 Google Pixel team is dedicated to delivering the world’s most helpful experiences by shaping the future of mobile devices and services through design, technical innovation, and transformative consumer electronics. This includes bringing together the best of Google’s industry-leading artificial intelligence, software, and hardware to create transformative consumer electronics for a global audience.

As a Senior Product Manager, you will partner closely with our engineering and architecture teams to drive the discovery and definition of new product introduction (NPI) helping define our future product roadmap. You will act as the definitive bridge, between our traditional roadmap of products and emerging categories formed by a cross-functional team spanning across Google.

The Google Pixel team focuses on designing and delivering the world's most helpful mobile experience. The team works on shaping the future of Pixel devices and services through some of the most advanced designs, techniques, products, and experiences in consumer electronics. This includes bringing together the best of Google’s artificial intelligence, software, and hardware to build global smartphones and create transformative experiences for users across the world.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $192,000-$278,000 + 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

• Identify emerging product areas, define product concepts, and prototype to drive product-market fit.
• Lead discovery, ideation, and prototyping for NPIs across AI-first devices. Leverage new technologies and capabilities as inspiration to solve user problems with novel and delightful product ideas.
• Drive key initiatives forward from ideation to concept. Synthesize a variety of user insights through discovery and prototyping to hone in on product-market fit. Identify the key user CUJs, product positioning, and GTM strategies.
• Collaborate deeply with Platform, Silicon, Tech Engineering, and Pixel Software to land compelling prototypes that capture the imagination of the organization.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience in product management or related technical role.
  
• 3 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch (e.g., ideation to execution, end-to-end, 0 to 1, etc).
• Experience defining foundational technology roadmaps, platform architectures, or flagship consumer electronics.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in a technology or business related field.
  
• Experience driving deep vertical integration and hardware/software co-design across silicon, device architecture, and system software for consumer electronics or embedded systems.
• Entrepreneurial or 0-to-1 product experience.
• Expertise in managing system-level physical constraints and an ability to own highly complex technical tradeoffs.
• Understanding of the physical constraints of mobile computing and the software needed to manage them.
• Highly technical, with the ability to think years ahead of the current hardware cycle, and grow in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.