Group Product Manager, Google Spanner
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 10 years of experience in product management, consulting, co-founder or related technical role
- 5 years of experience building and shipping technical products
- Experience with distributed systems, databases, or cloud technology
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience managing products from conception to launch and working with cross-functional teams
- Experience managing business strategy and execution
- Ability to work with executives, product leaders, and executive engineering leaders
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.
Cloud Spanner is an enterprise-grade, globally distributed, strongly consistent database that is built for the cloud and offers relational semantics at pretty much any scale. As the database technology that powers most of the services on Google and Google Cloud Platform, Spanner is one of the most innovative and critical services for supporting high scale, business-critical workloads. The primary mission of our team is to enable businesses to deliver highly scalable, secure, performant, and reliable solutions without needing to manage any of the heavy-lifting associated with managing large-scale distributed databases.
In this role, you will provide leadership for one of the largest and innovative database systems.
Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
Responsibilities
- Build a clear understanding of database technologies, market trends, and customer requirements to help shape the overall product strategy.
- Interact with customers and partners to understand their key requirements and help define a credible product roadmap.
- Drive product development collaborating closely with engineering, user-experience design, finance, product operations, marketing, and field teams.
- Drive positioning, pricing, and go to market strategy for our launches.
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