Product Manager I, YouTube Youth

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

Job summary

Google is seeking a Product Manager to guide teen-focused content recommendations on YouTube from conception to launch. You will connect technical and business stakeholders, breaking down complex problems and leading cross‑functional teams of engineers, designers, and researchers to deliver impactful products.

This role emphasizes ML/AI driven recommendations, user research, and scalable consumer experiences while aligning metrics across teams within Google's product management culture.

Qualifications

• 3 years of product management or related technical experience.
• 3 years in software development and data science with 1 year in product management.
• 1 year managing the product development life-cycle (identify user needs, define roadmaps, collaborate with engineers, execute launches).
• 1 year driving product launches within ML/AI or content recommendations products.

Responsibilities

• Drive content recommendations improvements for teens on YouTube.
• Drive product roadmaps, execution, and launches with cross‑functional teams including engineering, design, and user research.
• Own backend products, classifiers, and recommendation treatments for youth responsibility on YouTube.
• Commission and steer user research and logs analysis to generate insights informing product decisions.
• Define, measure, and align shared success metrics across partner teams.

Skills

Product management

Software development

Data science

Machine Learning

Lifecycle management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Content recommendation models

A/B testing

Analytics tooling

Job description

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience in product management or related technical role.
• 3 years of experience in software development and data science, and 1 year of experience in product management.
• 1 year of experience managing the product development life-cycle (e.g., identifying user needs, defining product roadmaps and requirements, collaborating with engineers during development, addressing issues that arise, and executing product launches and go-to-market strategies).
• 1 year of experience driving product launches within Machine Learning (ML), AI or content recommendations products.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working with engineering and research teams on content recommendations, large-scale online experimentation and analysis, Machine Learning, embeddings, recommendation models, LLMs, or other complex ML projects.
• Experience with driving end-to-end consumer experiences, working with UX design, and full-stack engineering teams.
• Ability to commission user research and collaborate closely with user research through the lifecycle of user testing.

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. For teens on YouTube, we strive to entertain teens responsibly and have a positive impact in their lives. In this role, you will support teen development through a portfolio of products from quality content identification to quality recommendations. This is an opportunity to drive innovative approaches that ensure time on YouTube is time well spent. At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun - and we do it all together.

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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• Drive our content recommendations improvements for teens to ensure time is well spent on YouTube.
• Drive product roadmaps, execution, and launches with cross‑functional teams including engineering, design, and user research.
• Own backend products, classifiers, and recommendation treatments for youth responsibility on YouTube.
• Commission and steer user research and logs analysis to generate insights informing product decisions.
• Define, measure, and align shared success metrics across partner teams.

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 .