AI Product Leader & Technology Strategist; Product Director at Google; Former Product Leader at Slack & YouTube; Co-Founder of CodePath
Jules Walter Biography
Jules Walter is an AI product leader with more than a decade of experience building and scaling technology products. Walter holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science and engineering from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School, providing a foundation in both technical and business strategy. During his studies, he earned the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition Award, reflecting his early interest in entrepreneurship.
Walter served as a product leader at Slack, focusing on growth and monetization. As Slack's first growth product manager, he established teams that contributed to the company's significant expansion and its IPO. He later joined Google, where he worked on Gemini and previously at YouTube, launching "Primetime Channels" with more than 40 streaming packages, including NFL Sunday Ticket. At Google, Walter collaborated across teams to update YouTube's infrastructure, design, and policies, enabling support for high-profile TV content.
At Google DeepMind, Walter led Gemini's global expansion, increasing the international user base and adapting AI models for dozens of languages. He directed Gemini's rollout to more than 40 languages and 200 countries and territories, addressing technical and market challenges. As a product director at Google, he leads product for Envisioning Studio, a lab focused on prototyping next-generation AI products with societal impact.
Walter is an advocate for diversity and inclusion in technology. He co-founded and serves on the board of CodePath, a nonprofit that has trained more than 50,000 engineers and influenced computer science education at over 1,000 universities. He is also a co-founder and board member of the Black Product Managers Network, which works to diversify access to software engineering and product leadership. Walter's experience with mentorship inspired his involvement in this organization.
Walter has developed expertise in aligning stakeholders on complex projects, leading teams and products at YouTube, Slack, and Google Gemini, and mentoring product managers through the Black Product Managers Network. His writing on product management, including articles on product sense and stakeholder influence, has appeared in industry publications such as Lenny Rachitsky's book for product managers, "The Best of Lenny's Newsletter." Walter also advises startups on AI product strategy and global growth, contributing to discussions at the intersection of artificial intelligence, product leadership, and inclusive innovation.
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