A Day in the Life of a Google Product Manager

What do Google Product Managers actually do? I’m here to tell you.

Note: This list is not a direct snapshot of my actual calendar. I’ve pieced together various meetings and events from my time as a Google Product Manager to display a informative agenda on what product management is like.

6:50AM: Wake up

I wake up. I brush my teeth, shower, and get my things packed for the day.

7:17AM: Bus ride

I rush to board the “GBus” (Google’s private shuttle bus), which drives me from my home in SF down to the Google Mountain View headquarters. On the bus, I pull out my laptop to get some work done. As a Google product manager my inbox is slammed with new emails, that generally fall into one of these categories:

• Reminders. I use Inbox by Gmail’s “Reminder” feature to set reminders and snooze them later. (More on my inbox system here)
• Updates. Either via an automated newsletter or a team member, I’ll receive some sort of status update.
• Tasks. For example, an engineer may…