Product Manager II, YouTube Shorts Agentic Video Editing

Google•San Bruno, CA

1d•$163,000 - $236,000

About The Position

At YouTube, the Shorts Creation Experiences team works to empower creators worldwide. As a Product Manager, you will shape next-generation AI editing tools that affect millions of creators, bridging traditional video-editing craft with agentic AI-driven approaches. You will collaborate with creative engineers, designers, and Google DeepMind researchers to make video creation more accessible by translating complex AI capabilities into intuitive tools that reduce creator friction and enable new forms of storytelling on YouTube Shorts.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience in product management or a related technical role.
2 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch, such as ideation to execution or end-to-end product development.
Experience utilizing AI productivity tools to streamline individual, business, or development workflows.

Nice To Haves

3 years of experience preparing and delivering technical presentations to senior leadership.
Experience designing, running, and interpreting AI/ML evaluations, quality rubrics, or human-in-the-loop benchmarking for generative media or agentic systems.
Experience working with AI model harnesses, prompt engineering, or agentic orchestration frameworks.
Understanding of video-editing tools such as Premiere, CapCut, or Final Cut, short-form storytelling mechanics, and the broader creator economy.
Ability to rapidly adopt emerging AI tools and workflows and translate subjective creative quality into structured, actionable feedback for Engineering and Research teams.

Responsibilities

Own and analyze evaluations to measure AI agentic editing performance, assess output quality, and guide rapid product iteration.
Translate video-editing workflows, storytelling pacing, and short-form creator-industry trends into clear success metrics and benchmarks.
Bridge classic video-creation tools with AI workflows to solve creator friction.
Partner with Engineering, Research, and Product teams to turn evaluation insights into intuitive user experiences.
Refine AI model harnesses and pipelines to test, debug, and improve end-to-end editing behaviors in a fast-paced environment.