Product Manager, Google Cloud Infrastructure

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in product management or related technical role.
• 2 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch (e.g., ideation to execution, 0 to 1, etc.).

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience driving automation and efficiency initiatives.
• Experience with product management in infrastructure, cloud, or systems.
• Experience with data center power planning, capacity management, and fleet optimization techniques.
• Knowledge of distributed systems, resource management, and data center operations.
• Ability to define and launch products, and manage the full product life-cycle.

About The Job

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.

The Spatial Flexibility team's goal is to deliver service and resource capacity management that is simple, trustworthy, and efficient. As the Product Manager, Google Cloud Infrastructure, you will lead the strategy and execution for scaling fleet defragmentation efforts. In this cross-functional role and you will be responsible for defining the product idea, strategy, and roadmap to reduce the time and toil associated with moving services and reclaiming resources, while improving the predictability and success rate of defragmentation processes. This involves collaboration with engineering, UX, program management, SRE, product area resource managers (PARMs), central planners, and service owners.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Define, own, and lead the product idea, strategy, and roadmap for scaling fleet defragmentation, aligning with spatial flex's overall objectives and user needs.
• Understand the challenges and opportunities in fleet defragmentation, including power constraints, service move complexities, and tooling gaps.
• Engage with key stakeholders (e.g., PARMs, central planners, service owners, SREs, finance) to gather requirements, understand pain points, and validate product direction.
• Translate user needs and business goals into clear and concise product requirements documents (PRDs), user stories, and specifications.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to guide product development, make trade-off decisions, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality solutions.

Key skills/competency

• Product Management
• Cloud Infrastructure
• Distributed Systems
• Capacity Management
• Fleet Optimization
• Stakeholder Management
• Roadmap Definition
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Automation
• Data Center Operations