Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in product management, consulting, co-founder or related technical role.
• 3 years of experience building and shipping technical products.
• Experience developing or launching infrastructure products or technologies within networking, storage, compute hardware, databases, file systems, data analytics, cluster management, and other software infrastructure areas.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience bringing innovative tech products to market.
• Experience in compute architecture, data center infrastructure, CPU and I/O technologies, Cloud Infrastructure, Storage.
• Experience with key enterprise workloads such as MSSQL, SAP, or HANA.
• Knowledge of the operational aspects of Cloud Servers.
• Knowledge of different workload requirements and their demands on the underlying infrastructure.

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.

As a Product Manager in the Virtual Machine Workload-Specialized Families/Instances team, you will be responsible to innovate at the hardware infrastructure, virtual machine (VM), supply chain, and operations layers to develop strategies and deliver new Compute Engine products/services.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $168,000-$252,000 bonus equity benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities

• Drive new VM instance types in Compute Engine, intercepting new technologies, roadmap planning, business growth forecasting, ecosystem, and customer adoption.
• Manage the product strategy for VM Instance types, their associated business outcomes, and presenting to key GCP leadership.
• Drive new capabilities in the foundational Compute Infrastructure layer (e.g., Hypervisor and Virtualization Stack), Data Center systems, and deliver innovation for Google Cloud.
• Work across hardware, software, supply chain, operations, research, and other product teams towards long-term product goals.