Senior Product Manager, Discover Recommendations

Google•Mountain View, CA

6d•$192,000 - $278,000

About The Position

The Senior Product Manager will guide Google Discover recommendation products from conception to launch, connecting technical and business needs and breaking complex problems into actionable product development steps. The role focuses on large-scale recommendation and relevance challenges, applying technical intuition and product judgment to algorithmic trade-offs and user satisfaction. The product manager will build systems that understand user interests and predict engagement, collaborating with Engineering and Research on deep-learning ranking models and machine-learning infrastructure, and translating those capabilities into intuitive consumer product metrics. The position is part of Google Search, which aims to make information accessible and useful to people around the world.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 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 through execution or end-to-end product development.
Experience working with recommender systems, personalized discovery, or machine-learning-based products.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in a technology- or business-related field.
5 years of experience working cross-functionally with engineering, UX/UI, sales finance, and other stakeholders.
Product management experience shipping consumer-facing feed recommendation systems, search quality, or personalized discovery products at scale.

Responsibilities

Define the product strategy and roadmap for the recommendation systems at the core of Google Discover.
Define success metrics, design experiments, and own key performance indicators to drive iterative improvements in personalization and data-driven decision-making.
Analyze recommendation trade-offs and win or loss patterns, translating insights into actionable product requirements.
Drive initiatives that balance relevance and novelty and manage exploration versus exploitation to maximize long-term user satisfaction.
Partner with engineering, research, experience, and go-to-market teams to translate product strategy into clear requirements and a prioritized roadmap.