Product Manager II, Youth Team, YouTube

YouTube • San Bruno, CA

265d • $156,000 - $229,000

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. Our team is dedicated to making YouTube the most trusted platform for families with younger viewers. In this role, you will own the content experience for millions of families around the world who use the YouTube and YouTube Kids app. You'll be responsible for delivering safe, high quality, delightful content in Search and Discovery by leading product work from corpus definition to classifier development to Search and Discovery treatments and improvements. At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field (e.g. Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, etc.) or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in consumer tech product management.
• Experience driving product launches within machine learning, AI or content recommendations products.
• Experience driving elements of the product development life-cycle (e.g. identifying user needs, product roadmap, product requirements, collaborating with engineering during development and addressing issues that arise, product launch and Go-to-Market, etc.).

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or PhD in a technology or business related field.
• 3 years of experience in a role preparing and delivering technical presentations to senior leadership.
• 2 years of experience working cross-functionally with engineering, UX/UI, business, finance, and other stakeholders.
• Experience related to improving safety or quality in content.
• Experience working on kids and family related products.
• Experience with experiment design (e.g., counterfactuals, holdbacks, interpretation, etc.) and identifying new opportunities through user research and product analysis.

Responsibilities

• Work with User Research, Partnerships, Marketing, and Trust and Safety to identify user needs and define a multi-year goals for YouTube Kids app and for Made-for-Kids content in Main app that surfaces the best content YouTube has to offer.
• Develop corpus logic to ensure safety while maximizing content coverage across Made-for-Kids videos.
• Develop safety classifiers and apply these signals in Discovery and Search.
• Drive the application of kids quality signals to video content recommendations for Made for Kids videos.
• Partner with policy development and Trust and Safety enforcement to ensure Made For Kids ecosystem compliance.

Benefits

• The US base salary range for this full-time position is $156,000-$229,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Broadcasting and Content Providers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree