Product Planning and Strategy Lead, Pixel Buds
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in management consulting, product management and strategy, or analytics in a technology company.
- 6 years of experience in consumer electronics, product planning, category management, or business planning with an experience of related products and technologies (e.g., Wearables/Hearables).
- Experience working with and analyzing data, and managing multiple projects.
Preferred qualifications:
- Advanced degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience working with geographically dispersed teams and stakeholders.
- Experience working with product and engineering teams.
- Ability to work cross-functionally, build relationships, and influence teams.
- Excellent project or program management and organizational skills.
- Excellent investigative, problem-solving, and data-driven decision-making skills.
About the job
Product and Business Strategy Leaders bring together teams across Google’s functions to help products execute optimally. Our team pushes Google to scale at key points that refine our products and infrastructure by executing efficiently, bringing solid business sense and sound judgment, and working effectively across organizational lines.
Our roles often include components of strategy (e.g. analyzing and understanding new trends in the industry, building business plans), operations (e.g. running the cadence of organizations, connecting the operating lines between our functions), and communications. Our team partners with executive leadership to run important functions that cross-cut our existing organizations and deliver high impact projects. We help Engineers, PMs, UX, and all of our other functions to build amazing products that delight our users, and then get those products into their hands.
The Pixel Wearables Business Team is seeking an individual with a blend of business strategy, category management, and program management expertise to optimize or scale Google's pixel wearables business globally.
In this role, you will specifically focus on managing the lifecycle and strategy for the pixel buds category and defining and leading the strategy for service offers to drive user acquisition, engagement, and loyalty. You will be responsible for developing insightful market analysis, guiding product and service strategy, and ensuring execution in coordination with cross-functional teams. You will help shape some of Google's ventures, seeing the big picture while effectively managing detail. You will grow in a fast-paced, intellectually stimulating environment and are driven by both planning and effective execution. You will collaborate cross-functionally with product management, engineering, marketing, finance, sales, operations, and supply chain teams.
The Google Pixel team focuses on designing and delivering the world's most helpful mobile experience. The team works on shaping the future of Pixel devices and services through some of the most advanced designs, techniques, products, and experiences in consumer electronics. This includes bringing together the best of Google’s artificial intelligence, software, and hardware to build global smartphones and create transformative experiences for users across the world.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $144,000-$211,000 + 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.
Responsibilities
- Lead category management for pixel hearable product lines including Profit and Loss management, lifecycle planning, market analysis and positioning and define, develop, and lead the strategy to drive product adoption, engagement, loyalty, and profitability.
- Develop and implement programs and initiatives leveraging product and service offers, such as bundling, marketing campaigns, and in-device promotions.
- Work cross-functionally to integrate offer strategies into the broader product and Go-to-Market (GTM) plans and analyze market trends, landscape, and user data to inform pixel hearables category and service offer strategies.
- Collaborate with finance and sales teams on pricing, commercial structures, and investment frameworks related to foldables and service offers.
- Support product launch activities for pixel hearables ensuring alignment across GTM, partnerships, marketing, and operations. Prepare and present recommendations, status updates, and reports to various audiences, including executive management.
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