Google Looking For Product Manager, Pixel and Android Haptics at Mountain View, CA Full Time

Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Experience creating product roadmaps from conception to launch, driving the product insight, defining go-to-market strategy, and leading design discussions

Experience bringing a consumer product to market

Preferred qualifications:
Experience developing Internet products and technologies

Experience working effectively with senior leaders, peers, and direct reports

Excellent organizational and analytical skills with technical abilities

Excellent communication skills

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 at Google speed.

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 and prolific 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.

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.

Pixel Haptics is a direct way of connecting with users, instantly bridging the virtual and physical worlds through unique vibration patterns.

As a Haptics Product Manager, you will help lead a highly cross-functional team to bring new experiences to Pixel devices and enablement to the Android platform. By its nature, landing haptics on Pixel will require empowering our Android developers.

Android is Google’s open-source mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more. We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.

Responsibilities

Own delivery of haptics experiences on Pixel that improve productivity, ease of use, accessibility, and delight.

Drive Pixel haptics roadmap and strategy on a multi-year horizon across the Pixel portfolio. Collaborate on a unified vision with peers in engineering, UX, and research.

Identify and prioritize emerging technologies for investigation. Work closely with cross-functional teams in hardware and software to explore innovative features and guide them through evaluation.

Define and drive haptics quality with clear key performance indicators and success metrics, applying them consistently across the board to everything we ship. Align on the big opportunities and problems to solve.

Help scale haptics for Android and developers by working closely with key stakeholders in Android, first-party Google teams, and external developers. Design haptics experience in a manner that is exciting and easy for developers to adopt.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.