Product Manager, Core Experiences XR App

Google; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Product Manager for its Android XR team to guide products from conception to launch, connecting technical and business worlds and breaking complex problems into actionable steps.

You will collaborate with engineers, designers, marketers, and researchers to shape immersive computing across mobile and XR devices, driving activation and adoption.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience in product management or related technical roles.
• 2 years of experience in developing or working with consumer-facing software products.
• 2 years of experience building and shipping consumer apps or related experiences.

Responsibilities

• Define long‑term, AI‑forward core application roadmaps and comprehensive PRDs that establish benchmarks for platform quality.
• Partner with UX, research, and technical teams to design intuitive spatial onboarding, calibration, and configuration experiences.
• Lead cross‑functional alignment across internal software, platform, and infrastructure teams to ensure a secure, cohesive setup journey.
• Define success metrics to optimize activation rates while building flexible platform strategies that adapt across XR devices.
• Own the Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE), guided setup, and device onboarding flows from early concept through launch.

Skills

Product management

Consumer-facing software

Shipping consumer apps

Technical roles

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience


• 3 years of experience in product management or related technical roles.


• 2 years of experience in developing or working with consumer-facing software products.


• 2 years of experience building and shipping consumer apps or related experiences.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience


• 3 years of experience in product management or related technical roles.


• 2 years of experience in developing or working with consumer-facing software products.


• 2 years of experience building and shipping consumer apps or related experiences.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree in a technology or business related field.


• Experience developing software that spans consumer electronics hardware or multiple ecosystem device form factors.


• Experience with onboarding funnels, growth loops, activation metrics, or hardware-to-software initialization experiences.


• Experience building products featuring machine learning, computer vision, spatial tracking, or interactive AI agent features.


• Experience with product craft, with the ability to develop seamless experiences in XR.

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.

The Android XR team is a group of experts tasked with building Google's next generation computing platform of extended reality devices, the helpful applications and services that deliver user value, and the underlying technologies that will enable the ecosystem. The team is focused on making immersive computing accessible to users through mobile and XR devices, and our scope continues to grow and evolve.

For decades, the computing revolution has reshaped our world driven by

breakthroughs in compute, connectivity, mobile, and now, AI. Google's XR

team is at the forefront of the next major leap – the convergence of AI and XR. This is more than just new devices – it's about reimagining how we interact with the world around us. We're building a future where lightweight XR devices like smart glasses and headsets pair with helpful AI to augment human intelligence, offering personalized, conversational, and contextually aware experiences.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $138000 - $197000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Define long‑term, AI‑forward core application roadmaps and comprehensive PRDs that establish benchmarks for platform quality.


• Partner with UX, research, and technical teams to design intuitive spatial onboarding, calibration, and configuration experiences.


• Lead cross‑functional alignment across internal software, platform, and infrastructure teams to ensure a secure, cohesive setup journey.


• Define success metrics to optimize activation rates while building flexible platform strategies that adapt across XR devices.


• Own the Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE), guided setup, and device onboarding flows from early concept through launch.

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 .