Product Manager, Google Play Apps

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in product management.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in working as a product manager on consumer products.
• Experience in defining product goals and multi-year product strategy.
• Experience in working with other functions (e.g., Engineering, UX, Business Development, etc.) and managing leadership buy-in.
• Excellent internal and external communications skills with narrative and storytelling abilities.
• Excellent investigative skills.
  
  

About the jobAt 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. Google Play offers music, movies, books, apps and games for devices, powered by the cloud. It syncs across devices and on the web. As part of the Android and Mobile team, Googlers working on Google Play do everything from engineering our backend systems, to shaping product strategy, to forming great content partnerships. They make it possible for people to do things like buy an ebook or song on their Android phone, then have it instantly available on their laptop. The Google Play team enhances the Android ecosystem by giving developers and partners a premium store where they can reach millions of users.

Responsibilities

• Define the product goals and roadmap for your area, working across Play’s organization to ensure alignment on strategy and execution timelines.
• Own the end-to-end lifecycle for product features, from drafting requirements to full launch.
• Collaborate with Product Managers (PMs), User Experience (UX), and Engineering teams across to ensure alignment throughout the product life-cycle
• Partner with teams across the Play team.
  
  
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .