# Elena Chen

> Head of Gemini App SDK @ Google DeepMind, Stanford MBA, and loving what I do

Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/elenachen

I am a AI product leader with 10+ years driving $1B+ product growth (Workspace, Play), launching 0 → 1 products (Gemini SDK), and scaling multimodal AI capabilities across Google flagship apps. Experienced in leading PMs and 100+ XFN teams. Former investment banker with deep business acumen and executive influence

## Work Experience
### Head of Gemini App SDK, Google Gemini app @ Google DeepMind
Jan 2024 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States
Build the best Universal AI Assistant for billions of mobile users:
- Founded the Gemini App SDK team, driving the vision and strategy to expand the Gemini experience to first- and third-party applications, with the goal of growing user engagement exponentially
- Drove integrations across flagship Google apps, including Chrome, Gmail, Photos, and more
- Led platform integration efforts for Pixel and Android OS

### Lead Product Manager, Google Workspace Growth @ Google
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Sunnyvale, California, United States
Landed $XXX million ARR for Workspace SMB business through cross-sell and free to paid

### Lead Product Manager, Google Play Points @ Google
Jan 2019 – Jan 2023 | Mountain View, California, United States
Built the best and largest Loyalty Program, Google Play Points, for the Play Store

### Coach Operations @ BetterUp
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Responsible for recruiting ICF-certified coaches in various international markets, e.g. China, Russia and India.

### Business Designer @ IDEO
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area
- Redesigned referral marketing system for the largest premium payment company globally to increase referral rate by 3x
- Interviewed 20+ users as part of human-centered design research; Ran 3 weekly sprints to iterate on concepts and test with users 
- Led full-blown business analysis on client’s strategy, industry and competition, product, marketing and business models

### Investment Banking Associate @ J.P. Morgan
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | Hong Kong
APAC Financial Institutions Group, Investment Banking Department

- Advised $800 mm acquisition of AssetMark, a California-based fintech company offering investment management solutions
- Led the US IPO of a Chinese fintech company engaging in peer-to-peer lending based on social media data
- Extensive experience in APAC FIG transactions

### Investment Banking Analyst @ Credit Suisse
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
APAC Financial Institutions Group, Investment Banking Department

 - Supported deal execution and marketing as the only analyst in the team for 9 months focusing on capital market transactions


## Education
### Master of Business Administration
Stanford University Graduate School of Business

### Master of Education
Stanford University

### Bachelor of Economics and Finance
The University of Hong Kong

### Exchange Program in Leonard. N. Stern School of Business
New York University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/elena-chen
- Website: https://elenachen.co
- Website: https://youtu.be/w-SMIGtzL4A

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Last updated: 2026-04-05