Lead Group Product Manager, YouTube Ads

You Tube Mountain View, CA, USA

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• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in product management or a related technical role.
• 5 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch (e.g., ideation to execution, end-to-end, 0 to 1, etc.).
• 5 years of experience in people management, with technical leadership.

• Master's degree in a technology or business related field.
• 7 years of experience working cross-functionally with engineering, UX/UI, sales finance, and other stakeholders.
• Experience with Ads across video, image, or audio creatives and formats and asset quality and associated technologies (e.g., audio/video compression, resolution).
• Knowledge of AI capabilities (generative, LLM, etc.) with ideal applications to visual/sound space and advertising enthusiasm to learn.
• Ability to lead, manage and build high performing teams, strong cross-product area collaboration, creative problem solving, and meticulous multi-quarter planning.

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.

Revolutionize the You Tube viewer‑ad experience through AI. With Deep Mind/Research and You Tube, our team incubates, trains, and deploys the latest AI models across video, image, speech/voice, and music to produce high‑quality, highly performant creatives on behalf of advertisers. You will handle some of the most interesting and technologically tough challenges on You Tube from shorts, streaming captions, etc. Successful deployments include Flip Video, Auto Trim, streaming captions, text‑to‑speech with music GenAI and image enhancements in the pipeline.

You will bring advertisers along with the AI revolution to ensure the maximum ROI for their marketing budgets with the smallest amount of manual effort is a key objective that drives the work we do.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to You Tube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results.

We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

The US base salary range for this full‑time position is $227,000‑$320,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

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