Product Manager, Google Design Platform, Material Design
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in product management or a related technical role.
- 2 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch (e.g., ideation to execution, end-to-end, 0 to 1, etc).
- Experience building and shipping consumer products, with an emphasis on UX design.
- Experience with digital product design and development.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree in a Technology or Business related field.
- 3 years of experience in preparing and delivering technical presentations to executive leadership.
- 2 years of experience in software development or engineering.
- 2 years of experience working cross-functionally with engineering, UX/UI, sales finance, and other stakeholders.
- 1 year of experience in technical leadership.
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.
The Google Design Platform (GDP) mission is to ensure that Google’s products and ecosystems experiences are desirable, usable, accessible, and trustworthy. We provide design and engineering guidance, building blocks, infrastructure, and tools to quickly and efficiently build first-party and third-party user experiences across all device platforms and form factors. We deliver new, innovative, and beautiful designs across multiple user applications, each with their own unique feature and infrastructure needs. This is a highly strategic role that will drive the adoption of the Material design system across Google’s product ecosystem.
The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $156,000-$229,000 + 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
- Define and drive the strategy and success measures for overall Material Go-to-Market.
- Create the product roadmap and lead execution for solutions to increase adoption or reducing costs to adopt material.
- Maintain first-party customer relationships in collaboration with cross-functional partners to drive alignment with Material in their design systems.
- Work directly with our top partners and collaborate with user research to intimately understand our designer and developer base, and establish your point of view on opportunities to have the greatest impact.
- Manage product definition in close collaboration with partners during product design and development, as well as guide and harmonize processes to define, identify, collect, and track appropriate product metrics, both quantitative and qualitative for new or existing initiatives, including defining success measures that align with the organization's goals.
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