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Senior Product Manager, YouTube Shorts Growth and UI Acceleration

Google · United States · On-site

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About the role

As a Senior Product Manager for YouTube Shorts Growth, you will own top-of-funnel acquisition, activation, and conversion workstreams across YouTube’s core surfaces. You will operate as a quantitative growth leader—diagnosing funnel friction, identifying immediate tactical levers, and designing self-reinforcing growth loops that convert viewer intent into active, habitual short-form viewing sessions.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 8 years of experience in product management or a related technical role
  • 4 years of experience driving consumer product growth, user acquisition, funnel conversion optimization, or end-to-end product execution
  • Experience in product management focused on consumer mobile experiences, as well as top-of-funnel entry points or user onboarding/activation flows
  • Experience using quantitative funnel analysis and A/B experimentation to drive growth metrics
More about this role
  • Drive end-to-end user conversion funnels across YouTube’s primary surfaces into Shorts, identifying immediate, high-leverage UI and trigger tactics that maximize click-through, session activation, and viewing depth.
  • Design, test, and scale self-reinforcing growth loops, onboarding experiences, and re-engagement mechanics that convert casual or first-time viewers into habitual daily consumers.
  • Operate a rigorous, high-throughput A/B testing pipeline—rapidly translating data insights into lightweight tactical experiments to prove out metric levers before scaling long-term product investments.
  • Partner with Data Science and Engineering to instrument granular funnel telemetry, dissect cohort-level drop-offs, and model ROI to ruthlessly prioritize tactics that move top-line engagement metrics.
  • Establish repeatable growth playbooks through cross-functional collaboration across core YouTube teams to scale winning UI patterns globally.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in product management or a related technical role.
  • 4 years of experience driving consumer product growth, user acquisition, funnel conversion optimization, or...

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