Product Manager II, Android Adaptive Apps
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in product management, co-founder or related technical role.
- 3 years of experience building and shipping technical products.
- 1 year of experience defining and delivering developer tools.
- 1 year of experience with software development.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with app development.
- Experience with mobile apps.
- Experience in Android Studio.
- Experience with application design.
- Experience creating software development kits.
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.
As the Product Manager for Adaptive Apps, you will lead product strategy and developer experience for Google's adaptive app ecosystem across large screens (tablets, foldables, and laptops/Googlebooks). You will own key initiatives including owning the app developer strategy for adaptive apps, AI-driven app compatibility testing, app compatibility migrations strategies, developer tools, and platform API updates to drive seamless multi-form factor user experiences.
In this role, you will collaborate closely with engineering, User Experience (UX), Developer Relations, Google Play, and external OEM partners to establish app quality bars, unify large-screen experiences, and guide first-party and third-party developers in building responsive Android applications.
Android is Google’s 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.
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
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Responsibilities
- Drive product strategy, developer narrative, and roadmaps for adaptive app experiences on large screens, foldables, and laptop form factors (e.g., Googlebooks).
- Lead AI-powered app compatibility initiatives in Android Studio, Android CLI, and Google Cloud to surface insights and AI automated fixes to developers.
- Manage large screens app compatibility infrastructure, and cross-OEM partner alignment.
- Partner with third-party app teams and Google app developers to define and enforce quality bars for adaptive apps.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Engineering, Developer Relations, User Experience (UX), Google Play, and Partnerships teams to deliver strategic platform APIs and developer tools.
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