Product Manager, Search Ads Syndication

Google•Pittsburgh, PA

2h•$163,000 - $236,000

About The Position

Google is seeking a Product Manager to guide products from conception to launch by connecting technical and business teams, breaking complex problems into actionable steps, and collaborating with engineers, designers, and marketers. Product Management guides products through execution, including analyzing, positioning, packaging, promoting, and tailoring solutions to users. The role is on the Search Ads Syndication (SAS) team, which extends Google Search Ad inventory to partner sites and Google properties such as YouTube, image search, and Lens. The team aims to eliminate low-value traffic and build a premium, safe network that extends advertisers’ search reach. The role focuses on full-stack search ads retrieval and multimodal AI experiences, generating new business on visual and conversational surfaces, modernizing third-party publisher products, and evaluating in-app search syndication opportunities. Google Ads uses machine learning and generative AI, including Gemini, to support its global advertising business. The work affects users by protecting them from harm, improving ad quality, and optimizing advertiser return on investment. The role involves close collaboration with teams including Google Research and DeepMind.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience in product management or a related technical role.
3 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch, such as ideation to execution or end-to-end product development.
Experience leading cross-functional alignment and managing partnerships with business-facing organizations.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in a technology- or business-related field.
Experience in digital advertising or search ads platforms.
Experience adapting products to evolving customer needs driven by artificial intelligence technologies.
Experience using feedback mechanisms, sentiment metrics, and quantitative analysis to drive product decisions and executive communication.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the product roadmap for search ads in visual and multimodal exploration journeys on Google Lens and AI Overviews, including bottom-of-AI-Overview and carousel ad formats, synthetic query generation, and image-aware retrieval.
Lead the evolution of visual search text ads toward native, in-grid visual ad formats tailored to exploratory user journeys, partnering with vertical teams and organic image search to expand beyond retail.
Own the publisher-facing product roadmap and partner with global Ads teams to refine and enforce durable publisher quality standards.
Scope, pilot, and validate new syndication models for high-intent mobile apps and AI chatbot partners, balancing in-app recirculation, commercial refinements, and third-party bidding integrations.
Secure buy-in for a product vision that defines and supports the overall product narrative and direction, achieving outcomes greater than the sum of its parts.