Google

Senior UX Program Manager, Discover and Explore

Google$159K — $230K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 6 years of program management experience within design or UX organizations.
  • Experience with UX-related projects and user-centered development methodologies.
  • Background in consumer product organizations.
  • Proven ability to manage and scale horizontal programs across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead UX teams to cultivate trust and provide strategic guidance throughout project interactions.
  • Create business cases and partner engagement for continuous improvements and optimized processes.
  • Execute analytical efforts for broader cross-functional projects and strategies.
  • Define and report key UX metrics to promote user-centered development.
  • Oversee large, complex programs and streamline organizational chaos.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits package.
  • 15% bonus target.
  • Equity options for employees.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development.
  • Flexible working locations including Mountain View, New York, and San Francisco.
Full Job Description
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X Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 6 years of program management experience within design or UX organizations.
  • Experience with UX related projects and UX design, user research, or user centered development tools and methodologies.
  • Experience in consumer product organizations.
  • Experience managing and scaling horizontal programs across cross-functional teams.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Experience with the product development life-cycle.
  • Experience analyzing data and leveraging insights to drive strategy.
  • Experience managing risks (e.g. operational, product, team health).


About the job
At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." UX Programs & Operations drives projects by increasing communication, streamlining the UX design process, and fostering a culture of user-centered development. You will join our multi-disciplinary UX team, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management, to create industry-leading products based on user insights.

As a UX Program Manager, you will combine expert project management with a passion for user experience to improve the design of products used by billions. Your role is to plan projects, define milestones, assess risks, create actionable insights, and ensure deadlines are met. You will harmonize the work of various UX disciplines and cross-functional partners to drive team objectives and create innovative experiences.

As a UX Program Manager across both the Agentic and Discover and Explore UX pillars (DEUX), you will partner with UX Research and cross-functional leads to scale impactful programs, land insights into product strategy and roadmaps and establish clear team operational rhythms.In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information - any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $159000 - $230000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

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Responsibilities
  • Provide leadership and operational excellence across UX teams to deliver the highest level of trust-building and strategic counsel through all project interactions, while building strong collaborative relationships with appropriate stakeholders across program work.
  • Develop business cases and engagement with partners on continuous improvements and optimizations, creating measurable, scalable, and repeatable processes/tools that drive seamless cross-functional collaborations/handoffs.
  • Run and implement analytical efforts for broader or cross-functional projects, programs, and strategies.
  • Contribute to the definition, integration and reporting of key UX metrics that drive a culture of user-centered development based on program needs and stakeholder input.
  • Manage large, complex programs while turning chaos into an efficient organization.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
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