Senior Product Manager, Paid Games, Google Play

Google•Mountain View, CA

1d•$192,000 - $278,000

About The Position

Google Play Games is building a universal gaming platform that connects billions of players worldwide with games and developers. As part of the Paid Games initiative, this role will help make Google Play a preferred destination for discovering, trying, subscribing to, and buying paid games across form factors. The role focuses on developing a trusted premium storefront and supporting Android devices as console-grade gaming platforms. The Senior Product Manager will guide products from conception through launch by connecting technical and business considerations and breaking complex problems into actionable steps. Working cross-functionally with engineering, design, research, data science, marketing, partnerships, and other teams, the role will shape product strategy and execution across discovery, storefront evaluation, promotions, loyalty, subscriptions, and purchase conversion. It will also translate developer and publisher workflows into self-service capabilities and foster rapid, data-driven product iteration.

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 to execution or end-to-end product development.
Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with two-sided ecosystems or developer platforms, such as SDKs, developer consoles, publishing tools, or third-party partner onboarding.
Experience building digital storefront, e-commerce, marketplace, or consumer business generation products, such as pricing and promotions or seasonal sales.
Familiarity with the video game industry, player psychology, and modern PC, console, and mobile gaming storefronts, with an understanding of what motivates players to wishlist, try, and buy games.
Ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments, influence executive stakeholders across organizational boundaries without direct authority, and craft data-backed executive narratives.

Responsibilities

Define the multi-year product goal and roadmap for Paid Games across Google Play, aligning leadership and partner teams around a unified strategy.
Guide cross-functional teams executing across pre-launch demand generation, personalized discovery, storefront evaluation, and purchase conversion.
Drive alignment and shared execution across partner product management and engineering teams on consumer store surfaces, developer tooling, commercial promotions, loyalty programs, and subscription offerings.
Lead analytics and engineering efforts to build segmentation, ranking, and experimentation frameworks that scale buyer acquisition and repeat value.
Translate complex developer and publisher needs and workflows into self-serve, user-facing capabilities.
Foster a high-velocity, data-driven environment, mentor team members, and drive rapid prototyping and product iteration.