Core Go-to-Market Product Specialist

About The Job

Google Play is at the heart of the Android ecosystem, providing the apps, games, and digital content that bring Android devices to life. The Play Store is a critical driver of Google’s overall growth. Googlers working on the Play Go-To-Market (GTM) teams own content strategy and publishing within the Play Store across all regions and verticals (e.g., apps, games, and more).

As a Product Specialist, you will partner with different Play Product Marketing, Product, and Engineering teams to determine the requirements and roadmap for launching and optimizing emerging programs, features, and products. You’ll lead the operationalization efforts, with solutions and processes that enable scale.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in a product management, product specialist, or similar role working with product in an online commerce or content business.
• Experience working in an e-commerce, gaming, or apps digital content business.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in launching and iterating user-facing features while managing complex product trade-offs.
• Experience in translating research and performance data into actionable insights for product roadmaps.
• Experience collaborating with Engineering teams on Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Salesforce, or marketing infrastructure.
• Proficiency in designing and managing product development and operationalization frameworks.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and navigate large, global organizations effectively.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and prioritize workloads using thorough business case analysis.

Responsibilities

• Synthesize business needs, strategy, and operational requirements into prioritized product roadmaps.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to land programs, influencing UX, targeting developer process integrations, and internal management tools.
• Develop business cases and requirements, negotiating with multiple engineering and Product Manager teams through iterative discussions.
• Own the operationalization of features, managing all launch details from design and legal to testing and training.
• Serve as the platform subject matter expert, advising marketing and operations on offer structure and experimentation.