Product Launch Manager, Home and Health Business

Google; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 176,000 - 256,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off 20 days/year

Sick time 40 hours/yr (Seattle 69)

Maternity leave 28–30 weeks

Baby Bonding leave 18 weeks

Holidays 13 days/yr

Job summary

Google is seeking a seasoned leader to drive business operations and launch programs for the Google Home and Health portfolios. This role oversees NPI initiatives across Nest and Fitbit products, coordinating diverse teams to deliver on aggressive timelines with strategic execution and clear governance.

The position emphasizes relationship building, accountability, and leadership across multiple functions while leveraging AI tools to optimize processes and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 11 years of experience working in business operations and product launches.

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional teams (Business, Marketing, Product Planning, Logistics, Finance, Hardware, Software, Apps, Legal, Compliance) to deliver product launches across Home (Nest) and Health (Fitbit’s) portfolio.
• Lead highly visible programs, developing executional strategy and crafting an aligned and streamlined goal and operational plan, provide technical and infrastructure expertise to enable scale across product.
• Build productive relationships with internal cross-functional teams and leaders, driving consensus and accountability across all functions at all levels.
• Develop end-to-end schedules, track milestones, and create contingency plans for high-risk deliverables.
• Communicate priorities, risks, and schedules to executive management, driving efficiency in overall launch operations.

Skills

Action & accountability

Cross-functional management

Relationship building

Team leadership

AI fluency

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

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: New York, NY, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 11 years of experience working in business operations and product launches.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience developing and refining processes with a focus on action and accountability.
• Management of complex cross-functional programs with internal and external teams; with the ability to balance multiple projects with dynamic timelines simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to develop strong relationships to facilitate effective collaboration, information gathering and decision making.
• Natural leader with the ability to motivate and manage teams directly and indirectly.
• AI fluency across a suite of Gemini and third-party tools.
• Excellent time management, organizational skills, and intellectual flexibility.

About the job

This role is part of the Google Home and Health Business Management arm for Devices & Services, and specifically in the team that leads hardware NPI (new product introduction) for Google Home (Nest) and Google Health (Fitbit’s)’s current and forthcoming portfolio of products. The team is responsible for launching and landing key NPIs, leading cross functional complex programs with stakeholders at all levels. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.

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

US: $176000 - $256000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Work with cross-functional teams (Business, Marketing, Product Planning, Logistics, Finance, Hardware, Software, Apps, Legal, Compliance etc.) to deliver product launches across Home (Nest) and Health (Fitbit’s)’s current and forthcoming portfolio of products.
• Lead highly visible programs, developing executional strategy and crafting an aligned and streamlined goal and operational plan, provide technical and infrastructure expertise to enable scale across product.
• Build productive and synergistic relationships with internal cross-functional teams and leaders, while driving consensus and accountability across all functions at all levels.
• Develop end-to-end schedules, track key milestones, and create contingency plans for high-risk deliverables.
• Communicate priorities, risks, and schedules to executive management, while also providing expertise and thought leadership to drive efficiency in overall launch operations.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .