Hey yall. I'm interviewing for a cloud PgM role at Google. But I actually have been trying to get into PM in tech. Is it possible to do a lateral internal transfer to PM from PgM at google after a little while?

Also, were any of you PgMs at google and left to do PM? I'm curious if that's an option in tech industry. I know PM is hard to get into tho so idk if they'll accept a google PgM.

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+1 to G2. Definitely doable but not easy. PM roles are extremely competitive to transfer into, both internally and externally.

We have a PM 101 program and you can apply for a PM rotation of 6 months if your manager approves, assumibg good performance and you been on the role for 1+ year.

PM rotation isn’t mandatory but helps to transfer. If you work on a product as a PgM alongside with Product, UX, etc. you might be able to make your way through it by networking.

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Not easy but possible. You need to join L4+, do at least 1 year in the role with strong performance, possibly do a 6-12 months rotation after that and then pass the interviews. There are good chances you get 1 level below, but it's not always true

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Thank you G1 and G2! This helps a bunch

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For some additional context....I recently interviewed at google for cloud solutions architect role. Did well apparently but not well enough for an offer. Now they are "circling back" to request me to interview for cloud PgM. I wanted to do PM when interviewing for SA too but figured if I could get in the door at google that was more important.

pm roles are more technical than solution architect roles.....so you may want to up your tech game by a lot before trying a transfer. My guess is that it will take 2-3 years to build up your rep.enough to try to transfer

Possible but hard, many times require rotation role first and then down level if they do device to take u full time

Interesting. Ok good to know thank you

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