Group Product Manager, Play Games Features

### **Minimum qualifications:**

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in product management or related technical role.
• 5 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch (e.g., ideation to execution, end\-to\-end, 0 to 1, etc).

### **Preferred qualifications:**

• Master's degree in a technology or business related field.
• Experience with leveraging AI tools in product development, prototyping, or workflow optimization.
• Experience in gaming, game design, or the gaming industry.
• Experience in working in multi\-sided marketplaces, user and developer services.
• Experience in product business generation or budgeting.
• Experience in building global consumer products.

• *About the job**
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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 Play Games is transforming. Our ambitious multi\-year plan is driving substantial growth in our business by building the tools, experiences, and infrastructure to supercharge gaming for billions of users and millions of developers. We are moving with speed, enhancing our teams’ creativity and capabilities with the best of Google’s AI infrastructure, tools, and services, and driving a culture of rapid innovation and team empowerment.

Core to this strategy is to build innovative experiences for gamers on Play that grow engagement and ultimately business growth for our partners and Google.

Google Play offers music, movies, books, apps and games for devices, powered by the cloud. It syncs across devices and on the web. As part of the Android and Mobile team, Googlers working on Google Play do everything from engineering our backend systems, to shaping product strategy, to forming great content partnerships. They make it possible for people to do things like buy an ebook or song on their Android phone, then have it instantly available on their laptop. The Google Play team enhances the Android ecosystem by giving developers and partners a premium store where they can reach millions of users.

• *Responsibilities**
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• Drive the direction for gamified experiences, managing products from concept to launch while utilizing AI tools to accelerate team velocity and product innovation.
• Own product success with an entrepreneurial mindset, navigating technical ambiguity, overcoming constraints with creative problem\-solving, and ensuring speedy delivery of features.
• Architect a unified product strategy and influence international executives and stakeholders across geographies through clear, impactful and asynchronous communication.
• Partner closely with engineering and UX teams to quickly prototype, test, and expand performant features that grow user relationships with the gaming platform.
• Serve as a senior leader in Bengaluru to mentor peers, advance the team culture, and build the site's reputation as a high\-performance hub.

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.