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Senior Director, Engineering, Merchant Shopping

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Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics or a similar field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in software development.
• 15 years of experience in the technology field, including 10 years of team/people management and strategy experience.
• Experience with engineering execution.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with AI, machine learning, and natural language understanding (NLU).
• Experience with Business Platforms or Business Products, or Commerce products.
• Experience communicating with C-level executives, with cross-functional stakeholder management and storytelling skills for a variety of audiences from highly technical engineers, to product managers, to legal/policy teams.
• Thought leadership and structured problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage complex operational and strategic initiatives.
• Passion for technology and technical depth to uncover root causes of complex technical problems and provide guidance on solving them.

About the Job

Its a pivotal time for Google Commerce and the industry as a whole. Commerce is going through unprecedented AI-driven changes, shifts in shoppers expectations and there is an unbounded opportunity to innovate and enable shoppers to browse, decide and transact in new and multimodal ways. We deliver great shopping experiences, and it is critical we continue to deliver.

The Merchant Applications and Experiences (MAX) team is responsible for building delightful products that help merchants manage their presence across Google surfaces and grow their businesses.

As a Senior Director, you will be responsible for the multi-year roadmap, strategy, and execution of the products that form the foundation of the merchant experience. You will lead a talented team of engineers to build and scale key marquee products (e.g. Google Merchant Center), manage critical partnerships and integrations with the retail ecosystem, and develop innovative generative AI experiences like Google Product Studio to help merchants succeed. This role is highly crossfunctional, at the intersection of product, engineering, data science, partnerships, and UX/design.

In this role, you will be responsible for critical programs with a significant opportunity to review and engage with the Commerce Executive team. You will be responsible for building the ML and intelligence into the data provided to power the most relevant shopping experiences for shoppers across their many shopping journeys, spanning from Google Search, YouTube, Google Maps, Gemini App, and Google Shopping Ads.

Users come first at Google. Nowhere is this more important than on our Advertising and Commerce team: we believe that ads and commercial information can be highly useful to our users if that information is relevant to what our users wish to find or do. Advertisers worldwide use Google Ads to promote their products; publishers use AdSense to serve relevant ads on their website; and businesses around the world use our products (like Google Shopping, and Google Wallet) to support their online businesses and bring users into their offline stores. We are constantly innovating to deliver the most effective advertising and commerce opportunities of tomorrow.

The US base salary range for this fulltime position is $349,000$485,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including jobrelated 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

• Set the technical outlook and strategic direction for creating delightful products that help merchants manage their presence across Google surfaces and grow their businesses.
• Define and deliver on key metrics for merchant success, platform scalability, and user experience across the Merchant product portfolio, including Merchant Center and key partnerships.
• Deliver forwardthinking and innovative approaches to challenges that present critical longterm risks or opportunities to Google, such as ensuring a highquality experience for merchants.
• Drive crossorganizational collaborations to ensure that multiple work streams are integrated and aligned with key partners in Engineering, Partnerships, Operations, and GotoMarket.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

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Seniority level: Director. Employment type: Full-time. Job function: Information Technology and Engineering.

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