Director, Product Management, Growth and Monetization, Google Maps

Socket.dev; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 281,000 - 391,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Maps is seeking a visionary Director of Product Management to lead growth and monetization across the Maps portfolio. You will identify opportunities to expand global reach, engagement, and revenue while building and guiding a high-performing PM team.

The Geo team builds Maps, Earth, Street View, and related platforms, serving more than a billion monthly users. This role reports to the Geo leadership and partners with engineering, UX, data science, marketing, and business development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of product management experience.
• Experience leading growth, engagement and retention for consumer products.
• Experience driving growth and user acquisition for global products with hundreds of millions to billions of users.
• Experience building and managing PM teams.
• Experience partnering across engineering, data science, UX, marketing, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Define the growth strategy for Google Maps, identifying high-leverage opportunities to expand reach, engagement, and monetization across all product areas and global markets.
• Drive product execution on user growth initiatives spanning acquisition, loyalty, shared network effects, and deep partner integrations across global markets.
• Establish a comprehensive portfolio of initiatives to accelerate revenue growth through Google Ads across mature and emerging markets.
• Drive awareness, first-time adoption, and ongoing engagement of Conversational AI experiences across Maps.
• Foster growth excellence through robust experimentation frameworks, advanced analytics, sophisticated measurement systems, and high product judgment for bold bets.

Skills

Product management

Growth strategy

User acquisition

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Large-scale product experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.


• 15 years of product management experience.


• Experience leading product growth, engagement, and retention strategies for consumer products.


• Experience driving product growth and user acquisition for global consumer products operating hundreds of millions to billions of active users.


• Experience building and managing teams of product managers.


• Experience partnering cross-functionally across engineering, data science, UX, marketing, and business leadership.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience scaling digital advertising monetization and commercial revenue models for global consumer products.


• Experience integrating Generative AI capabilities or navigating shifting user traffic across search and partner ecosystems.


• Demonstrated ability to scale product management teams from focused units to large global organizations.


• Track record driving user acquisition across emerging markets, Android ecosystems, and younger demographic cohorts.


• Expertise in growth science, viral loops, funnel optimization, and rigorous A/B experimentation frameworks.


• Proven success leading both 0-to-1 product innovation and 1-to-100 scaling in consumer technology.

About the job:

Google Maps is a foundational product, used by over 2 billion people monthly. Our aspiration is to reach every person on this planet, and help them explore and navigate their daily lives with ease.

We are seeking a visionary Director of Product Management to lead all growth and monetization efforts for Google Maps. You will be responsible for identifying and scaling opportunities to expand our global reach, engagement, and monetization across the entire product portfolio. You'll build and lead a high-performing team of product managers, partnering extensively with engineering, UX, data science, marketing, and business development to deliver impactful results.

The Geo team is focused on building the most accurate, comprehensive, and useful maps for our users, through products like Maps, Earth, Street View, Google Maps Platform, and more. Every month, more than a billion people rely on Maps services to explore the world and navigate their daily lives.

The Geo team also enables developers to use the power of Google Maps platforms to enhance their apps and websites. As they plot a course for the future of mapping, they are solving complex computer science problems, designing beautiful and intuitive product experiences, and improving our understanding of the real world.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $281000 - $391000 (USD) + 30% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Define the growth strategy for Google Maps, identifying high-leverage opportunities to expand reach, engagement, and monetization across all product areas and global markets.


• Drive product execution on user growth initiatives spanning acquisition, loyalty, shared network effects, and deep partner integrations across global markets.


• Establish a comprehensive portfolio of initiatives to accelerate revenue growth through Google Ads across mature and emerging markets.


• Drive awareness, first-time adoption, and ongoing engagement of Conversational AI experiences across Maps.


• Foster growth excellence through robust experimentation frameworks, advanced analytics, sophisticated measurement systems, and high product judgment for bold bets.