Product Manager - Mobile Apps

Product Manager, Google Play Apps

Minimum qualifications:

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

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience defining product outlook and multi-year product strategy.
• Track record of driving leadership buy-in, especially in large and complex organization.
• Understanding of the mobile app ecosystem and developer needs.
• Ability to develop and launch products that drive user engagement.
• Strong problem solving skills, with ability to synthesize and derive implications.
• Strong narrative, storytelling, and communication skills.

Ability to develop and launch products that drive user engagement.Ability to develop and launch products that drive user engagement.

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.

Our team focuses on optimizing Play to improve the Apps specific consumer and developer journeys and driving business growth through business generation.

As a Product Manager for Google Play Apps, you will lead the strategy and execution of innovative engagement features. Your mission is to reinvent the app discovery journey and modernize the Google Play web experience. You will achieve this by working with a cross-functional, multiple teams of Engineers, Product Managers, and UX designers across Play teams.

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.

As a Product Manager for Google Play Apps, you will lead the strategy and execution of innovative engagement features. Your mission is to reinvent the app discovery journey and modernize the Google Play web experience. You will achieve this by working with a cross-functional, multiple teams of Engineers, Product Managers, and UX designers across Play teams.

Responsibilities

• Define the product outlook and roadmap for your areas, working across Play’s organization to ensure alignment on strategy and execution timelines.
• Own the end-to-end lifecycle for product features. Identify new opportunities for business growth, while balancing user experience and developer success.
• Communicate product plans, progress, and results to stakeholders and leadership across the organization, get buy-in from executives and Play leads, and define product requirements.
• Define experiment phases and product’s launch phases, accounting, business impact, and overall Play and Ads strategy. Analyze key metrics to measure the success of new features and identify opportunities for improvement and interpret results for cohesive yet clear takeaways.
• Manage product launches and go-to-market strategies in collaboration with Marketing and Public Relations, with a focus on key markets.

Communicate product plans, progress, and results to stakeholders and leadership across the organization, get buy-in from executives and Play leads, and define product requirements.

Experience Level

Mid Level