Senior UX Research Manager — AI & Labs Strategy

Google; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 325,000; Full time

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Equity

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Benefits

Job summary

Google Labs seeks a UX Research Manager to partner with the Head of UX Research and co‑lead strategy and operations across exploratory 0‑to‑1 bets and scaling 1‑to‑10 Labs products. You will mentor researchers while staying close to the craft and pioneering methods for emergent AI technologies.

As a visionary leader, you will guide cross‑functional teams toward user adoption and influence product roadmaps, serving millions of users with innovative research insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in an applied research setting, or similar.
• 5 years of people management experience leading UX researchers.
• Experience conducting user experience research for AI, machine learning, emerging technologies, 0-to-1 incubations, or scaling products.

Responsibilities

• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of UX researchers across Labs products while contributing selective research as a player‑coach.
• Define and lead research strategy, methodologies, and priorities across both ambiguous 0-to-1 incubations and scaling 1-to-10 public products.
• Influence senior and executive stakeholders across Product Management, Engineering, and UX to drive research‑backed product decisions.
• Oversee research operations, resource allocation, vendor and extended workforce partnerships, and research tooling across the team.
• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative user insights to guide product roadmaps and determine whether concepts advance, scale, pivot, or sunset.

Skills

UX research

People management

Applied research

AI research

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's or PhD (preferred)

Job description

Google Labs seeks a UX Research Manager to partner with the Head of UX Research and co‑lead strategy and operations across exploratory 0‑to‑1 bets and scaling 1‑to‑10 Labs products. You will mentor researchers while staying close to the craft and pioneering methods for emergent AI technologies.

As a visionary leader, you will guide cross‑functional teams toward user adoption and influence product roadmaps, serving millions of users with innovative research insights.