Product Manager II

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 5 years of experience in product management or a related technical role.

• 2 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch (e.g., ideation to execution, end-to-end, 0 to 1, etc.).

• Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in a technology or business related field.

• 3 years of experience in a business function or role (e.g., strategic marketing, business operations, consulting).

• 3 years of experience in a role preparing and delivering technical presentations to executive leadership.

• 2 years of experience in software development or engineering.

• 2 years of experience working cross-functionally with engineering, UX/UI, sales finance, and other stakeholders.

• 1 year of experience in technical leadership.

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.

Google Display Ads powers the free and open internet, enabling advertisers to reach customers beyond Google owned and operated (O&O) inventory to connect with 90% of the global internet population across millions of websites, videos, CTV and apps. This campaign flexibility allows advertisers to use Google Display Ads (GDA) for brand awareness, website traffic, lead generation, and online sales.

In this role, you will lead a highly visible, critical strategic area for the Google Display Ads business. You’ll shape/develop overall business’ strategy for inventory quality, balancing high-performance and scale with brand-safe, “quality” inventory that advertisers would want to serve into. You will have bidding, invalid traffic (IVT), advertiser controls, reporting, data/signals components and would cover Google Display Network inventory across all Google Ads buying doors .

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

US: $163000 - $236000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google. Responsibilities:

• Lead the inventory quality strategic area for the business, which key to GDA's future growth.

• Own overall goal, strategy and execution for GDA Inventory, including defining “high-quality” inventory, strategically solving for inventory we should cut vs. double down on, and improving advertiser and internal perception of the inventory GDA serves into.

• Act surgically regarding low-quality inventory we are willing to cut for long-term gain, while defining clear success metrics for what the business gains from cutting such inventory.

• Translate ambiguous advertiser problems into clear next steps, into quantifiable, tangible and concrete solutions.

• Partner with AdSpam, PMax, Sellside, Engineering, UX and go-to-market (GTM) to ideate and proactively solve for customer issues, with a strong bias for action and pivoting where necessary to land initiatives quickly and effectively.