Senior Product Manager, Science AI, Google Research

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.

Scientific advances have been the cornerstone of economic, technological and societal progress over the last 200 years, and further scientific discoveries are essential to addressing the world’s most pressing societal and environmental challenges. Recent advances in language models and Generative AI are creating new possibilities to accelerate scientific discovery. As a PM for Science AI, your objective is to lead the development of GenAI tools that empower scientists worldwide to work on scientific problems at unprecedented scale, complexity, and breadth, and to maximize the global impact of our team's AI-enabled scientific innovations.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $192000 - $279000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Architect a framework to evaluate scientific innovations, prioritizing high-potential projects capable of delivering transformative global impact.
• Define, advocate for, and drive a flagship AI coding product to deliver on impact-centric long-term product roadmap while aligning with organizational goals and market shifts. Set the OKRs and lead the team to deliver on strategic success metrics.
• Steer and collaborate with UX to deeply understand user needs and ensure we're designing useful tools with product market fit that unlock priority use cases.
• Deliver an overall GTM strategy that purposefully balances 1P, ecosystem, and OSS components.
• Build strong internal partnerships with cross-functional leads in Business Development, Legal and Google, and work with them to establish alliances with key science ecosystem partners.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience in product management or related technical role.
  
• 3 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch (e.g., ideation to execution, end-to-end, 0 to 1, etc.).
• Experience working with AI coding agents and related technologies.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Science or a related field.
• Experience developing and launching Cloud-based products or technologies.
• Effective organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritization abilities.
• Strong communication skills to influence, collaborate, and deliver solutions in a highly complex, ambiguous environment.
• Comfortable with fast moving and ambiguous environments.
• Authorship of scientific publications.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; Cambridge, MA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year