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# Alex Brennan

**Headline:** Professional profile
**Location:** New York, NY, USA

## About

Alex Brennan is a Software Engineer at Google Labs who is transitioning into product management. Alex combines an engineering foundation with strong stakeholder management, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to work fluently with technical teams. He is especially motivated by business problems, customer understanding, and connecting work across teams rather than focusing solely on technical implementation. At Google Labs, Alex led a high-impact effort to unify experiment-construction flows, partnering across engineering, design, and product. The work reflects his ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and bring structure to cross-functional product challenges. Alex has also completed the Gordon Engineering Leadership program, including training relevant to product management, and brings earlier internship experience in both software engineering and consulting/project management. Alex is open to remote, hybrid, and in-office opportunities in-person roles must be commutable from New York City. He is interested in product roles where he can apply technical fluency, customer and business orientation, and a collaborative approach to building products.

## Highlights

- Works full-time as a Software Engineer at Google Labs while transitioning toward product management.
- Led a high-impact project that unified experiment-construction flows across engineering, design, and product.
- Brings technical fluency from an engineering background and works comfortably with technical teams.
- Built strengths in stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.
- Completed the Gordon Engineering Leadership program, including product-management-relevant training.
- Has internship experience in software engineering and in consulting/project management.
- Is motivated by business problems, customer understanding, and connecting work across teams.
- Open to remote, hybrid, and NYC-commutable in-office roles.

## FAQ

### What does Alex do?

Alex is a full-time Software Engineer at Google Labs and is making a career transition into product management.

### Where does Alex work?

Alex works as a Software Engineer at Google Labs. He is pursuing a transition from software engineering to product management.

### What did Alex accomplish at Google Labs?

Alex led a high-impact project to unify experiment-construction flows. He collaborated with engineering, design, and product teams on the effort.

### What are Alex's core strengths?

Alex is strongest in stakeholder management, cross-functional collaboration, and communicating effectively with technical teams. He is energized by connecting work across teams and managing multiple stakeholders.

### How does Alex's engineering background support his product-management transition?

Alex has an engineering background and is technically fluent, which makes him comfortable partnering with technical teams. His product interests are centered more on business problems and customer understanding than on technical implementation alone.

### Why is Alex transitioning into product management?

Alex is moving from software engineering into product management because he is energized by business problems, customer understanding, and cross-team coordination.

### What leadership or product training has Alex completed?

Alex completed the Gordon Engineering Leadership program, which included training relevant to product management.

### What internship experience does Alex have?

Alex has internship experience in software engineering as well as consulting and project management.

### What work arrangements is Alex open to?

Alex is open to remote, hybrid, or in-office roles. For in-office opportunities, the role must be commutable from New York City.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-brennan-4392151a7

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