Product Manager, Persona and Behavior, GeminiApp, DeepMind

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 256,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus target

Benefits

Job summary

Google DeepMind is hiring a Product Manager for Persona and Behavior to define Gemini's default behaviors and navigate subjective trade-offs for its personality. You will outline what good looks like for Gemini, balancing the model’s IQ and EQ and shaping its expressive range.

Work closely with research, engineering, and post-training teams to bring the model’s personality to life, contributing to safe and impactful AI development for billions of users.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of product management experience.
• Experience in ML/AI or related technical field.
• Ability to define product vision, GTM strategy, and drive design discussions.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the model specification and Gemini's default behaviors.
• Lead the product goal for model personality and its expressive range.
• Collaborate with Engineering, UX/Design, Research, and Trust & Safety teams.
• Develop evaluation frameworks for model quality from a taste perspective.
• Partner with post-training teams to implement model personality and style.

Skills

ML/AI experience

Product vision

Go-to-market strategy

Design discussions

Collaboration with research/engineer

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in product management.
• Experience in machine learning, AI, or a related technical field.
• Experience driving product vision, go-to-market strategy, and design discussions.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in non-traditional field such as philosophy, cognitive science, human-computer interaction (HCI), or linguistics.
• Experience working on products related to natural language processing (NLP), large language models (LLMs), or generative AI.
• Experience in consumer-facing products where user experience and engagement are critical.
• Experience working closely with research and engineering teams on highly technical and ambiguous problems.

About the job

As a Product Manager for Persona and Behavior, you will define the core rulebook for Gemini's default behaviors and navigate the subjective, complex trade-offs of how our models should act in creative, ambiguous, and novel scenarios. You will be responsible for outlining what “good” looks like for Gemini, working to balance the model’s "IQ and EQ" and defining its expressive range. You will work closely with our research, engineering, and post-training teams to bring our model’s personality to life.

Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.

We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offer diverse learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.

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

US: $256000 - $278000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the model specification, the core rulebook that governs Gemini's default behaviors, personality, and interaction style.
• Lead the product goal for model personality, balancing the IQ and EQ to define the expressive range and character of our models.
• Collaborate with Engineering, UX/Design, Research, and Trust and Safety teams to navigate the subjective trade-offs of how the model should behave in ambiguous scenarios.
• Develop frameworks and methodologies for evaluating model quality from a taste perspective, working on agent evaluations to outline what “good” looks like.
• Partner with post-training teams to implement and refine the model’s personality and style, ensuring it aligns with our product goals and constitutional AI principles.