Senior UX Design Leader — Strategy, Systems & Team Impact

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 236,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off 20 days

Sick time 40 hours

Maternity leave 28-30 weeks

Baby bonding leave 18 weeks

Holidays 13 paid days

Job summary

Google is seeking a UX Design Manager to shape strategy and execution for high-visibility surfaces such as Google Discover and Gmail. You’ll guide career development of design staff, transform complex workflows into simple experiences, and collaborate with engineering and product leadership to align design with business goals.

You will work across cross-functional teams to define system-level design language, influence stakeholders, and drive ambitious, user-centered experiences at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in product design or UX.
• 5 years of experience leading design projects and managing people or teams.
• 3 years of experience working with executive leaders.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Responsibilities

• Influence stakeholders across organizations to gain support for design strategies.
• Lead the development of innovative design solutions to user, product, and business problems.
• Own a holistic design process, design system, or design language across teams or products.
• Own improvements in design based on UX testing and stakeholder input and provide guidance and expertise to effectively engage stakeholders on product design to achieve product goals.
• Own project priorities, including finding and aligning resources effectively to help with the design project work.

Skills

UX design experience

Leadership

Executive collaboration

Portfolio link

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Google is seeking a UX Design Manager to shape strategy and execution for high-visibility surfaces such as Google Discover and Gmail. You’ll guide career development of design staff, transform complex workflows into simple experiences, and collaborate with engineering and product leadership to align design with business goals.

You will work across cross-functional teams to define system-level design language, influence stakeholders, and drive ambitious, user-centered experiences at scale.