Group Product Manager, Google Compute Engine, VM Instance - Google
Sunnyvale, CA
About the Job
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.
- Experience developing or launching infrastructure products or technologies within networking, storage, compute hardware, databases, file systems, data analytics, cluster management, and other software infrastructure areas.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in one or more of the following: compute architecture, data center infrastructure, CPU (x86/Arm) and I/O technologies, Cloud Infrastructure, Storage/SSD.
- Experience bringing innovative, industry-leading, category-defining tech products to market.
- Understanding of different workload requirements (emerging and existing) and their demands on the underlying infrastructure.
- Understanding of the operational aspects of Cloud Servers.
- Ability to chart out workload needs for adjacent Technical Account Manager (TAM) pools, requiring Google Compute Engine (GCE) compute innovation.
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.
In this role, you will work with the customers to define new products/services and build road-maps that raise the bar on performance, efficiency, flexibility and scalability. You will innovate from the hardware infrastructure level up to the virtual machine (VM) to develop a strategy and deliver new products/services for Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You will define products that encompass both the software and hardware components of our Compute VMs that power Google’s Cloud.
Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
Responsibilities
- Drive new capabilities for the VM instances in cloud including intercepting new technologies, road-map planning, business forecasting, ecosystem and customer adoption.
- Develop the product strategy for the VM Instance, including the associated business outcomes and presenting to the leadership inside GCP.
- Work across hardware, software, research and product teams for long term product goals. Understand the engaging dynamics and industry trends for workloads and hardware.
- Provide data-driven insights to prioritize engineering initiatives and maximize return on investment.
- Drive new capabilities in the foundational Compute Infrastructure layer (Hypervisor and Virtualization Stack) and delivering innovation for Google Cloud.
