Group Product Manager, Managed Service for Apache Spark

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in product management or a related technical role.
• 5 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch

(e.g., ideation to execution, end-to-end, 0 to 1, etc).

• 5 years of experience developing or launching products or technologies within

databases, analytics, big data, or a related area.

• Experience utilizing AI productivity tools to streamline business or

development workflows.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree in a technology or business related field.
• 7 years of experience working cross-functionally with engineering, UX/UI,

sales finance, and other stakeholders.

• 7 years of experience in a business function or role (e.g., strategic

marketing, business operations, consulting).

• Proven track record leading product strategy and commercialization for

• distributed compute systems, cloud data platforms, or managed open-source
• frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark).

• Track record of building AI-assisted admin experiences.
• Strong developer-centric focus to identify pain points and build intuitive AI

• experiences, with demonstrated ability to deliver compelling technical
• presentations to executive leadership and external customers.

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.

• Google’s Agentic Data Cloud empowers enterprises to transition from passive
• observation to autonomous action by unifying data, AI models, and operational
• systems into a real-time System of Action, enabling AI agents to reason, decide,
• and execute directly on enterprise data at scale. As the foundational
• open-source analytical engine within the Data Cloud, the team serves as the
• compute backbone for the Agentic era, delivering an AI-native and intelligent
• optimizing platform that powers next-generation data intelligence, composite AI,
• and autonomous agent workflows with unrivaled price-performance and infinite
• scale.

• As the product leader for Spark Platform, you will define and execute the
• product strategy and commercial model across compute modes to deliver a unified
• control plane, optimize fleet economics, and streamline go-to-market SKUs. You
• will drive product innovation to eliminate operational toil, guarantee
• industry-leading availability, provide deep FinOps governance, and ensure
• seamless integration across the broader Google Cloud ecosystem.

• 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.

• Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills,
• experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $240000 - $333000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google

[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own product requirement documents (PRDs) by overseeing collaboration with

partner teams (e.g., engineers, PgMs, UX) during product design.

• Own and oversee definition of product roadmaps.
• Shape the multi-year technical roadmap of the Spark Platform and the unified

control plane.

• Pioneer AI-Native Operations to transform the administrative plane through

intelligent telemetry and autonomous runtime tuning.

• Partner with engineering to optimize fleet economics and deliver industry

best availability while strengthening fleet-wide unit margins.