Silicon Strategy Lead, Pixel

Product and Business Strategy Leaders bring together teams across Google’s functions to help products execute optimally. Our team pushes Google to scale at key points that refine our products and infrastructure by executing efficiently, bringing solid business sense and sound judgment, and working effectively across organizational lines.

Our roles often include components of strategy (e.g. analyzing and understanding new trends in the industry, building business plans), operations (e.g. running the cadence of organizations, connecting the operating lines between our functions), and communications. Our team partners with senior leadership to run important functions that cross-cut our existing organizations and deliver high impact projects. We help Engineers, PMs, UX, and all of our other functions to build amazing products that delight our users, and then get those products into their hands.

As the Silicon Strategy Lead on the Devices and Services Strategy Operations team, you will directly inform the roadmap and strategy for Tensor and Pixel overall. You will bridge the gap between engineering breakthroughs and the five-year Pixel portfolio outlook, ensuring our silicon investments directly enable Google’s AI-first consumer experiences. You will be responsible for navigating cross-functional alignment between Engineering, Finance, and Product teams (e.g., silicon, product, software). This role requires a unique blend of semiconductor industry depth and executive-level business acumen to transform complex technical capabilities into sustainable market advantages and exceptional hardware products.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $177,000-$257,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Responsibilities

• Lead effective application of market research, data science, market intelligence and strategic frameworks. Along with analysis and recommendation, this role involves achieving alignment on direction across cross-functional teams.
• Lead the long-range strategic planning for Tensor, aligning silicon capabilities with the 5-year Pixel portfolio and Google’s broader AI roadmap.
• Inform how silicon empowers the AI, software and hardware stack, focused on powering next-gen experiences across Gemini and our NTI pillars (e.g., camera/imaging tech). Being a bridge between the silicon and software teams.
• Drive the build versus buy frameworks and investment trade-offs that determine the future of our 1P silicon footprint.
• Partner deeply with Engineering, Finance, and Product leads to connect Devices and Services Product Group (DSPG) opportunities with potentially broader Google category landings for Tensor.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 11 years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, or product strategy, with a focus on the semiconductor, mobile, or consumer electronics sectors.
• Experience in the silicon life cycle, from initial architecture and PPA (Power, Performance, Area) trade-offs to commercialization and lifecycle management.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree, MBA or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, specializing in SoC architecture or AI/ML, or a related field.
• Experience influencing C-suite or VP-level decisions on multi-year investment roadmaps and product portfolios.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity and drive consensus across massive, matrixed organizations (e.g., engineering, supply chain, finance, and marketing).
• Strong business acumen, including profit and loss management, long-range financial planning, and the ability to link technical specifications to market-moving business outcomes.