Product Manager, GDC

Google LLC; Kirkland, Seattle (WA, WA); Hybrid; USD 163,000 - 236,000; 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

Sick time

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Paid holidays

Job summary

Google LLC in Kirkland, WA is seeking a Product Manager for Google Distributed Cloud (GDC). You will define strategy, work cross-functionally to bring concepts to launch, and align with engineering, product, and customers.

This role emphasizes deep technical understanding, AI infrastructure familiarity, and a data-driven approach to shaping the roadmap across the distributed cloud stack. You’ll partner with internal teams and customers to deliver scalable, enterprise-grade solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in product management or a related technical role.
• 2 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch (e.g., ideation to execution, end-to-end, 0 to 1, etc.).
• 2 years of experience developing/launching products/technologies within one or more of the following: Cloud, SaaS, enterprise, internal tools, or supply chain networks.

Responsibilities

• Define the long-term outlook, strategy, and roadmap for the GDC Operations.
• Drive GDC organization wide releases by coordinating across several services meeting critical customer requirements.
• Collaborate closely with customers to define product requirements and architecture specifically for the operators in the public sector space, prioritize features, and oversee the product development lifecycle from concept to landing.
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and customers to understand their needs, gather feedback, and translate them into actionable product improvements.
• Identify and address technical risks, infrastructure bottlenecks, and scaling challenges.

Skills

Product management

End-to-end development

AI domain knowledge

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

AI infrastructure GPUs

Virtualization

Containerization

Job description

Google Kirkland, WA, USA ; Seattle, WA, USA ; +1 more

X 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: Kirkland, WA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in product management or a related technical role.
• 2 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch (e.g., ideation to execution, end-to-end, 0 to 1, etc.).
• 2 years of experience developing/launching products/technologies within one or more of the following: Cloud, SaaS, enterprise, internal tools, or supply chain networks.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in a technology or business related field.
• 10 years of experience with product management particularly in the AI domain, with experience managing and launching technical products and features.
• Experience with managing large-scale production deployments across the key facets of operations, support, deployment, troubleshooting, etc.
• Understanding of AI infrastructure (GPUs), virtualization, containerization, and experience as a builder of large-scale infrastructure products.
• Understanding of AI and agentic technologies.
• Ability to analyze market and customer data, interpret complex data sets, and use insights to drive product strategy and decisions.

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.

Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) Product manager will define and design GDC strategy and releases. The Product Manager will work with internal and external partners on technical requirements and deliver the right foundational platform, training, and partner capabilities for the distributed cloud. The responsibility also includes collaborating with different product teams to build the right availability features at different layers, including of the entire solution stack. This is a high impact role working with many teams inside Google Cloud and alongside some of the largest technology partners and customers in the world. You need to have a deep technology understanding, a very strong solution mindset, and enjoy working with various teams and functions. You grow in a rapidly evolving, continuously changing, accelerating growth environment.

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.

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.

Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) Product manager will define and design GDC strategy and releases. The Product Manager will work with internal and external partners on technical requirements and deliver the right foundational platform, training, and partner capabilities for the distributed cloud. The responsibility also includes collaborating with different product teams to build the right availability features at different layers, including of the entire solution stack. This is a high impact role working with many teams inside Google Cloud and alongside some of the largest technology partners and customers in the world. You need to have a deep technology understanding, a very strong solution mindset, and enjoy working with various teams and functions. You grow in a rapidly evolving, continuously changing, accelerating growth environment.

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: $163000 - $236000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

• Define the long-term outlook, strategy, and roadmap for the GDC Operations.
• Drive GDC organization wide releases by coordinating across several services meeting critical customer requirements.
• Collaborate closely with customers to define product requirements and architecture specifically for the operators in the public sector space, prioritize features, and oversee the product development lifecycle from concept to landing.
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and customers to understand their needs, gather feedback, and translate them into actionable product improvements.
• Identify and address technical risks, infrastructure bottlenecks, and scaling challenges.

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