Lead Group Product Manager, Cloud SQL

Google; United States; On-site; USD 240,000 - 333,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid time off 20 days

Sick time 40 hours/year

Maternity leave 28–30 weeks

Baby bonding leave 18 weeks

Paid holidays 13 days

Job summary

Google is seeking a Lead Group Product Manager for Cloud SQL Platform to guide the outlook, strategy, and roadmap across multiple areas, ensuring high performance, availability, and security. You will lead a team of Product Managers, collaborate with engineering and UX, and drive AI-enabled improvements across the platform.

You will influence portfolio-level strategy, partner with adjacent areas, and synthesize data for executive reviews while delivering impact through large, strategic

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree 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 (e.g., ideation to execution, end-to-end, 0 to 1).
• 5 years of experience with SaaS products in the relational database space.
• 5 years of experience in people management, with technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the roadmap and strategy for Cloud SQL platform across multiple product areas.
• Lead and coach a team of Product Managers to define roadmap for individual areas and deliver results.
• Partner with adjacent product areas to identify opportunities for better integrations and GTM strategies.
• Collaborate with engine product management leads to drive growth and present data at executive reviews.
• Leverage AI capabilities to improve product features and organizational effectiveness.

Skills

Product management

People management

Cross-functional collaboration

SaaS products

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Generative AI

Cloud databases

Job description

Lead Group Product Manager, Cloud SQL

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree 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 (e.g., ideation to execution, end-to-end, 0 to 1, etc.).
• 5 years of experience with SaaS products in the relational database space.
• 5 years of experience in people management, with technical leadership.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in a technology or business related field.
• 10 years of experience building and running cloud database service.
• 7 years of experience working cross-functionally with engineering, UX/UI, sales finance, and other stakeholders.
• Experience with generative AI and building agentic 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.

Cloud SQL Platform is the driver of growth for Cloud SQL. As the Lead Group Product Manager for Cloud SQL Platform, you will be responsible for driving the outlook, strategy, roadmap and delivering results across multiple areas of Cloud SQL Platform including performance, availability and security. You will also lead the charter to drive adoption of AI to improve product experiences across the platform areas.

In this role, you will lead a team of Product Managers to deliver on the outlook and strategy while fostering a culture of collaboration, delivery and team health.

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.

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

US: $240000 - $333000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the roadmap and strategy for Cloud SQL platform across multiple product areas. Influence cross-product area strategy and define holistic and long-term strategy across all aspects of the product's success.
• Lead and coach a team of Product Managers, to define roadmap for individual areas, foster collaboration and healthy team environment to deliver results.
• Partner closely with adjacent product areas and identify opportunities for better portfolio level integrations and go-to-market strategies.
• Collaborate closely with the various engine product management leads to drive growth of the business. Synthesize data and present at business reviews to executives. Deliver profound product/project impact through complex and large in scope strategic investments owned by their team.
• Leverage Google's powerful AI capabilities to improve product capabilities and improve organizational effectiveness by driving adoption of AI tools and best practices.

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