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External Communications Manager, Platforms and Devices

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Compensation
$116–166K/yr
Location
San Francisco, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The External Communications Manager will lead communications campaigns for Pixel ecosystem products and accessories, and manage PR strategy for Google Store’s physical locations and online presence. The role supports Google’s Devices and Services organization, coordinating with partners across communications, marketing, product, and legal to shape product narratives and messaging. It also involves managing media requests and developing storytelling formats for technical and product communications.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Public RelationsMedia RelationsInternal CommunicationsExecutive CommunicationsCross-Functional CollaborationInfluencing Without AuthorityDecision-MakingVerbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationStakeholder Management

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Practical Experience4 Years Communications ExperienceEnglish Proficiency

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Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

  • 4 year of experience in public relations, media relations, or internal and executive communications with technology products or services.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Demonstrated experience with cross-functional collaboration, influencing without authority and drive decisions with multiple stakeholder groups.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

  • Excellent stakeholder management skills.

About the job

As a member of the Global Communications and Public Affairs team, you will lead communications campaigns for Pixel ecosystem products and Pixel accessories. In addition, you will manage PR strategy and communications for Google Store, including its physical locations and online presence.

This role supports the Devices and Services organization at Google, which is focused on transforming computing to empower everyone with the most important devices that people use every day. This includes building Google’s popular consumer hardware products and services, including Pixel phones, watches, buds, and a growing selection of accessories. The Google Store is the official retail hub operated by Google for its ecosystem of hardware products, as both a major digital e-commerce platform and a growing brick-and-mortar retail footprint around the world.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, detail-oriented team player who can work cross-functionally, adapt in a fast-paced environment, and isn't afraid to try out new ways of doing things. To succeed, you will need to be able to manage a complex group of stakeholders, combine creativity with organizational skills to manage numerous different projects to tight deadlines simultaneously.

We help inform and educate users, advertisers, partners, opinion leaders--and our own employees--about the benefits of Google's products, our distinctive company culture/values and our approach to the big public policy issues of the day. You are quick-witted, entrepreneurial and intellectually curious. To succeed in this role, you are willing to try new things and can manage numerous projects with tight deadlines. Things happen quickly at Google, and to do great work, you need to be an enthusiastic team player who can work cross-functionally with partners across PR, Communications, Marketing, Product, and beyond.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $116000 - $166000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

  • Lead the strategy and execution of external communications for Pixel ecosystem products (such as Pixel Buds), including launches and ongoing campaigns.

  • Support the external reputation of the Google Store and oversee all new store location launches domestically, and support upcoming International stores.

  • Coordinate with cross-functional partners across GCPA, Marketing, Product, Legal, and more to build the narrative around new products, triage how to manage media requests, and ensure coherent messaging across complex initiatives.

  • Experiment with innovative formats for storytelling (e.g., visuals, short-form video, podcasts) to amplify and humanize complex technical and product narratives.

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Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) .

If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing ourAccommodations for Applicants form (https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2) .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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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 https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCP_EEO_Post.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.

How this job compares

Set against the 441 open Communications Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$116–166K/yr
  • California median$135–200K/yr88 salary ranges
  • US median$112–176K/yr348 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $141K, is 17% below the California median midpoint ($169K) — in the lowest quarter of Communications Manager salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 99 open Communications Manager jobs in California and 441 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience — less than three in four Communications Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 386 postings).
Education
217 of the 441 open Communications Manager jobs (49%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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