Product Management Leadership, Display - Mountain View  

This position is based in Mountain View, CA.

The area: Product Management

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. With eyes focused squarely on the future, our team works closely with creative and prolific engineers 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 all the markets where Google does business.

The role: Product Management Leadership, Display

The Product Management Leader, Display will be a flexible, results-oriented and experienced senior leader who will drive numerous initiatives that will create the standards for display advertising. You will have visionary product insight, significant technical expertise and extensive leadership and business skills. The Product Management Leader, Display combines a great instinct for developing compelling products with a strong focus on users and technical aptitude to work with a world class engineering team and the business sense to drive product goals and strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Identify market opportunities and define product vision and strategy.
• Develop and launch new products and enhance existing products.
• Lead and mentor a team of Product Managers.
• Engage closely with the engineering team to help determine the best technical implementation methods as well as a reasonable execution schedule.
• Establish partnerships as necessary to drive the growth of Google's products.

Requirements:

• Technical degree or equivalent experience. Masters or PhD preferred.
• Experience building, scaling and managing an online advertising business. Deep understanding of the online advertising ecosystems.
• Solid product management experience with a track record of creating innovative and winning Internet or software solutions.
• Strong quantitative and analytical abilities, with deep understanding of online advertising. Experience with credit a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to gather user requirements and convert them into a winning product vision.
• Significant people and organizational management skills. A natural leader and mentor.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to evangelize the merits of Google's products internally and externally.