Product Manager II, Extended Reality System UI

Google • San Jose, CA

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About The Position

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.

The Android Extended Reality (XR) team is a group of experts tasked with
building Google's next generation computing platform of extended reality
devices, and the underlying technologies that will enable the ecosystem. The
team is focused on making immersive computing accessible to people through
mobile and XR devices.

For decades, the computing revolution has reshaped our world driven by
breakthroughs in compute, connectivity, mobile, and now, AI. Google's XR team is
at the forefront of the next major leap – the convergence of AI and XR. This is
more than just new devices – it's about reimagining how we interact with the
world around us. We're building a future where lightweight XR devices pair with
helpful AI to augment human intelligence, offering personalized, conversational,
and contextually aware experiences.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in a technology or business related field.
• 2 years of experience in the XR industry, including launches and research.
• Experience adopting system interfaces to new products or product categories.
• Experience developing new system capabilities, features, and interfaces.
• Experience working with external partners to jointly ship products.
• Experience developing conversationally-driven interaction systems.

Responsibilities

• Adapt and expand core Android System User Interface (UI) fundamentals for both spatial 3D environments and non-visual interfaces.
• Develop a strategy that balances a unified Android XR system behavior with the need for device-specific adaptations based on hardware capabilities.
• Drive an AI-forward system UI strategy that partners cross-team to automate creation of interfaces and deliver contextually relevant information for devices with limited or no visual display.
• Collaborate with UX and UXR teams to define an intuitive system design language that prioritizes intuitiveness and ease of use across various form factors, and cultivate relationships with internal and external cross-functional teams (e.g., platform, input, experiences) to ensure System UI manages app dependencies, input modalities, and platform integrations.
• Drive user-driven quality and performance KPIs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level