Hi, I'm Mona Samir - Product Launch Manager at Google
I'm driven by connecting people and processes, thriving on empathetic problem-solving and efficiency. With a decade of diverse experience, I excel in dynamic environments where I can build bridges and uncover unique solutions to complex challenges.
At a glance
Curated signals on strengths, focus areas, and how they can help.
Led partner support and managed product launches at Google.
Drives product launches, focusing on strategic execution at Google.
Can help others by sharing expertise in customer engagement and process optimization.
🚀 Career trajectory
Pre-Acquisition Hustle
Ground floor of a startup that Google wanted
✦ Sales and operations at Pointy before the acquisition
✦ Built customer-facing processes from scratch
✦ Wore many hats in a fast-moving, small team environment
Through the Acquisition
Stayed on to integrate Pointy into Google post-deal
✦ Navigated the cultural and operational shift from startup to Big Tech
✦ Supported partner and merchant onboarding at scale
✦ Grew into broader programme and API ecosystem work
Senior IC at Google
Finished as a Product Launch Manager on Merchant Center Analytics
✦ Led cross-functional launches across engineering, legal, and policy
✦ Managed partner relationships across the API ecosystem as TAM
✦ Left with a track record across three distinct roles in 7.5 years
💪🏻 Superpowers
Building things from nothing
Showing up somewhere with a gap and leaving a working system behind
✦ Feedback system
✦ Troubleshooting database
✦ Onboarding playbooks
Crossing Worlds
Operating credibly where most people pick one lane
✦ Google-scale programme management and open-water marine conservation fieldwork
✦ Equally comfortable in a stakeholder meeting and on a dive boat
✦ Brings an unusual perspective to every room she walks into
Calm in Ambiguity
Makes good calls when the situation is unclear and the stakes are real
✦ Managed product launches across 15+ stakeholders with shifting dependencies
✦ Makes go/no-go dive decisions in open water based on incomplete information
✦ Defaults to action over analysis paralysis
I'm excited about
✦ Connecting with ex-Googlers who've moved into environmental or purpose-driven work
✦ Finding collaborators and funding leads for Ghostnets Ireland
✦ Honest conversations about building income and business outside traditional employment
I can help with
✦ How Google's product launch and partner onboarding processes actually work
✦ Going from startup to acquisition — what the Pointy to Google transition looked like from the inside
✦ Getting into marine conservation work practically — diving, NGO operations, ghost net removal
I would love your help on
✦ Introductions to anyone hiring senior programme or operations managers in Dublin
✦ Connections in the Irish or European conservation funding space
✦ Anyone who has built a business or income stream outside their main job while job hunting