Principal Product Manager, Image Search
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10 years of experience in product management or a related technical role.
- 5 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience as a Product Management leader in a relevant field such as Search, Personalization, Shopping, or consumer-facing recommendations systems.
- Experience in Product leadership with visual discovery, social media, or other inspiration-focused products.
- Experience launching and scaling consumer products built on large-scale Machine Learning or Large Language Model (LLM) systems.
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.
Join us to define the future of the Google Image Search experience. We are on a mission to transform the search journey itself, moving beyond a simple, query-based tool to a more fluid, personalized, and intelligently assistive experience for visual discovery.
At the heart of this transformation is generative AI. We are leveraging breakthroughs in AI and Large Language Models to pioneer a more powerful and intuitive search experience - one that turns search into a natural, continuous conversation. This is a top strategic priority for Google, offering a rare opportunity to lead a fundamental reimagining of a core product and shape the future of visual search for users.
In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.Responsibilities
- Define and advocate the end-to-end product goal and long-term strategy to transform the core Google Image Search experience.
- Invest in serving inspiration-seeking users by evolving the search experience to support upper-funnel discovery and seamless transitions from visual inspiration to tangible, real-world outcomes such as shopping, booking, or creating.
- Harness Google's latest advancements in Generative AI, LLMs, and multimodal understanding to unlock novel user experiences. Drive the integration of these technologies to help users with articulation, discovery, and refinement within their search journey.
- Drive the roadmap for making search more personal, browsable, continuous, and engaging. Advocate features that help users articulate needs, explore topics, and refine searches in a natural way, moving beyond the "start/stop" discrete page model.
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