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10 Google product leaders

These ten people have held director-level or higher product management roles at Google, across areas such as Search, Ads, Android, Chrome, Workspace and Google Cloud. They can explain how product management works inside Google and how its teams scope, launch and grow products.

10 professionals1 companiesData retrieved September 28, 2026

Professionals to explore

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  1. Amit Varia

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director of Product Management, Chrome · Google

    Former Director of Product Management, Chrome at Google (2025–2026), where his profile says he led Web Platform for Chrome, expanding browser capabilities for new classes of web experiences, including how AI-powered agents discover and interact with the web. Before that he was Director of Product Management, Privacy Sandbox (2023–2025) and Group Product Manager, Google Ads (2013–2023).

  2. Charmaine D'Silva

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director of Product Management · Google

    Director of Product Management at Google, a current role listed from May 2005. Her profile gives her current team as Android Platform Lead and lists previous teams including Android Strategy, Artificial Intelligence, Google Play, DoubleClick and AdWords; her headline reads Sr. Director of Product, Chrome at Google.

  3. Fergus Hurley

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director of Product Management · Google

    Director of Product Management at Google since May 2023; his profile says he was promoted to a PM leader role in the Developer X business unit overseeing Google's 3P developer products, which has a team of 600+ people. He is also Co-Founder & GM of Checks (since 2020) and earlier worked at Google as a product manager in Google Research and Platforms & Ecosystems and as Founder in Residence - Google Labs.

  4. Glenn Thrope

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director of Product Management · Google

    Director of Product Management at Google since June 2013. His profile says that since May 2015 he has worked on Display & Video 360, managing a team of PMs leading DV360's efforts in video, cTV, audio and app. Before Google he was a Software Development Engineer at Microsoft (2008–2011).

  5. John Li

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director of Product Management · Google

    Director of Product Management at Google since 2019, where his profile says he leads product management teams for AI in Google databases, enhancing application development for agentic and GenAI solutions. He was previously an Engineering Manager at Google (2015–2019) and at Uber (2011–2015).

  6. Judy Hsu

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director of Product Management, Search · Google

    Director of Product Management, Search at Google since January 2019, where her profile describes her as product lead for introducing new AI capabilities. Her earlier Google roles include Global Head, Cross-media tools (2013–2016) and Product Manager, Shopping ads (2016–2018); before Google she was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company (2009–2013).

  7. Julian Ma

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director of Product Management · Google

    Director of Product Management at Google since November 2019, described in his profile as a product leader in the Machine Learning, Systems and Cloud AI group who built and launched Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE). Before Google he was Principal Product Manager at Cisco (2014–2015) and General Manager Operations there (2015–2016), and Senior Product Manager at VMware (2005–2013).

  8. Luke Camery

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director of Product Management · Google

    Director of Product Management at Google since January 2026, covering Google Workspace, Enterprise, including Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Chat, Meet, Calendar and Gemini for Workspace, with areas such as security and onboarding. He was earlier Product Manager (2019–2021), Senior Product Manager (2021–2023) and Group Product Manager (2023–2025) at Google.

  9. Naveen Viswanatha

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director of Product Management, Platforms & Devices · Google

    Director of Product Management, Platforms & Devices at Google since 2020, responsible for core software (AI/ML, OS, security, endpoint management), the ISV and API platform, and hardware strategy for Enterprise and Education markets for Google devices. His earlier Google roles include Senior Solutions Engineer, Google Cloud (2005–2011), Senior Product Manager, Ads Search (2011–2016) and Group Product Manager, ChromeOS Education (2016–2020).

  10. Scott Shen

    LinkedIn

    Experience: VP Product Management - Ads · Google

    Former VP Product Management - Ads at Google (2018–2022), where his profile says he was PM lead in charge of brand safety, measurement, ads quality and reservation systems for video ads on YouTube. His earlier Google roles include Director of Product Management - Google Search (2007–2013), Senior Director - Google Android Location Services (2013–2015) and VP Product Management - Google Maps and Location Technologies (2015–2018).

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Questions to take into the conversation

  1. 01How are product priorities and roadmaps set and negotiated across teams in your area, and who makes the final call?
  2. 02What does a successful product launch process look like at your scale, from early experiments to general availability?
  3. 03How do you decide which metrics define success for a new product, and how did those metrics change as it grew?

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