UX Lead, YouTube, GenAI Lab

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Overview

At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Google’s UX leaders help define and drive the future of Google design. They create and clarify product strategy, conceptualize UX ecosystems in ways that mitigate complexity, and inspire teams to push the boundaries of what’s possible. They possess a clear vision of the future of user experience and have the courage to pursue forward-thinking design. You’ll be a thoughtful team leader, manager, systems-level design thinker, and visionary with strong instincts and insights from user needs. You’ll guide the careers of your team members and help them realize their potential.

UX Design Managers are advocates for users and team members. They have a practiced eye for effective design and are committed to creating elegantly simple experiences from complex workflows. You’ll collaborate with leaders of other UX, Engineering, and Product Management teams to create innovative experiences across Google’s products, leveraging your passion for brand, craft, and design quality. In this role you’ll imagine future-looking GenAI experiences for YouTube’s viewers, creators, artists, and advertisers.

Responsibilities and the business aspects of products you build are a key part of this role. You’ll work with product, engineering, and UX leaders across Google to deliver delightful experiences and help teams grow.

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 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.

Minimum 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 work experience working with executive leaders.
• Experience with Generative AI and machine learning.

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience working in a cross-functional organization.
• Experience in Research and Development (RandD).

About the Job

At Google, we care deeply about the people who use our products. You’ll collaborate with leaders of other UX, Engineering, and Product Management teams to create innovative experiences across all of Google’s products, leveraging your passion for brand, craft, and design quality. You’ll work at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, moving at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $224,000-$315,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed reflect the base salary only and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

Please review Google’s Benefits and EEO information for more details.

Responsibilities (continued)

• 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.

Google is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Art/Creative, Design, and Engineering
• Industries: Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet

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