Director, Product Management, Discover and Gmail Ads

About the role

The Discover and Gmail Ads team represents a fast-growing slice of Google’s Ads business. This team is on a journey to build these growing properties by balancing advertiser performance with a strong “user-first” mandate. The Google Ads team is seeking a Director of Product Management to lead the Discover and Gmail Ads businesses.

Responsibilities

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• Serve as a product leader, building, managing, and executing a product vision, strategy, and roadmap to support two products primed for significant growth.
• Manage a team of 9 talented product management professionals in partnership with an engineering and user experience organization of 100+.
• Mentor and help the team grow into positions of influence and scale.
• Work closely with the Gmail and Discover consumer teams to drive a joint organic product strategy that adds value to users, not just advertisers.
• Synthesize and drive product strategy from interactions with business stakeholders to our Legal and Policy teams.
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams across Google Ads to advocate for and execute your vision.

Requirements

• Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
• Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in product management or related field.
• 10 years of experience building and scaling consumer products such as Ads or Search.
• Experience managing and mentoring a team and working with cross-functional and cross-product area partners.
• Experience in quality, ranking, measurement or analytics products.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Experience building and managing online advertising products, working in enterprise or consumer ecosystems, and liaising with cross-functional partners.
• Exceptional writing and communications skills.
• Track record of working closely with engineering partners and converting complex technical concepts to technical and business audiences.
• Track record of success in the full life cycle of product management.

Pay

US: $281000 - $392000 (USD) + 30% bonus target + equity + benefits