Senior Director, PM, Android App and Ecosystem Safety
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 goal is to keep all Android application users (and their data) safe - while ensuring that developers, carriers, OEMs and enterprises can thrive in-tandem across all the form factors, especially in this ever-scaling era of AI. In this role, you will lead the development of products, policies, programs, etc. to protect Google Play users from app-based harm, enable success for well-intentioned developers, and collaborate with stakeholders across the Android ecosystem to improve app safety. You will be the product owner for how trusted Android and Play are by users, developers, regulators, OEMs, and carriers. You'll be responsible for mitigating future issues through policy, product design and development, operations, issue detection, prevention, and automation via AI, social media/press engagement, and/or cross-functional collaboration.
Requirements
- 20 years of experience in a technical leadership role
- Experience managing teams
- Experience in consumer marketplaces
- Experience in Trust & Safety, Mobile security, Privacy or related domains
Nice To Haves
- Solid knowledge of the mobile ecosystem (e.g., carriers, OEMs, developers, and users, stores and form factor)
- Familiarity with Android/Play
- Demonstrated track record of working cross-functionally across PM, Eng, UX, Legal, Policy, Operations
- Demonstrated track record of leading innovation leveraging ML/AI in highly technical environments
Responsibilities
- Define and advocate a multi-year product vision that establishes Android as the global benchmark for security, privacy, and digital trust.
- Drive technical compliance for critical new regulations in the app safety realm.
- Lead the end-to-end product strategy for App Safety, evolving core products and features to advance and elevate security, privacy, and trust in Android apps.
- Be able to revolutionize app review operations by continuing to pivot from manual workflows to AI-first detection and automation to enable operational teams to scale complex demands.
- Optimize Play app submission and review operations on behalf of the business, driving and approving new policies, changes to operations, and managing all escalations to soft landings.
- Act as the external "Voice of Android Trust" with regulators, legislators, security researchers, and the press, shaping the industry narrative around mobile safety.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
