Product Manager Lead, YouTube, Ask Studio

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience delivering products in engineering, product management, data analytics with proven success.
• 3 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch (e.g., ideation to execution, end-to-end, 0 to 1, etc).
• Experience building with Artificial Intelligence (AI), Application Programming Interface (API) designs, and designs systems.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with leadership, setting and delivering on a strategy you crafted, where you were accountable for the outcomes.
• Ability to be data-savvy, autonomously finding and morphing needed data into an insightful story, and using this data to make decisions without analysis paralysis.
• Ability in platform product management and be technically proficient and collaborate with engineers in developing the technical architecture of the products you have built.
• Track record of working collaboratively with technical and non-technical team members up to and including executive-level.
• Excellent design systems and UX with understanding of concepts in human interface guidelines and material design.
  
  

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.

At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.

Responsibilities

• Lead Product Requirements Documents (PRDs) by collaborating with partner teams (e.g., engineers, PgMs, UX) during product design and development to implement the requirements to turn PRDs into Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) for multiple teams.
• Own and define project roadmaps.
• Drive development and secure buy-in for a product goal that identifies, defines, and supports the overall product narrative and direction, achieving an outcome that is greater than the sum of its parts.
• Manage validation of market size and opportunity (e.g., user-based, opportunity, business).
• Lead and harmonize processes to define, identify, collect, and track appropriate product or business metrics, both quantitative and qualitative for new or existing products or business ventures.
  
  
  

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