UX Engagement Program Manager, Google Design Platform

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.

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 follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." UX Programs & Operations at Google drive projects within our UX organizations by increasing communication and connection points, streamlining the UX design process, and driving a culture of user centered development.

Google User Experience (UX) is made up of multi-disciplinary teams of UX Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers: we care deeply about the people who use our products. The UX team plays an integral part in gathering insights about the attitudes, emotions, and behaviors of people who use our products to inspire and inform design. We collaborate closely with each other and with engineering and product management to create industry-leading products that deliver value for the people who use them, and for Google’s businesses.

As a UX Program Manager (UX Programs & Operations), you will combine expert project management skills with a passion for user experience to help your team improve the design of products that are used by billions of users. You’ll plan projects, define milestones, assess risks, create actionable insights, and ensure projects meet deadlines. You’ll harmonize the work of UX Designers, Researchers, Content Strategists, UX Engineers, and other UX disciplines, while also working closely with our Engineering and Product Manager cross-functional partners, to drive UX team objectives and create innovative experiences for our business, products, and users.

As a UX Engagement Program Manager, youll manage multiple programs that facilitate products’ adoption of Material Design. In this role, you’ll collaborate cross-functionally to improve our adoption resources, building partnerships and expanding Material’s influence.

The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.

Responsibilities

• Guide UX teams and provide counsel to build trust and cultivate collaborative relationships with stakeholders.
• Develop business cases and partner on continuous improvements, creating scalable processes and tools for seamless cross-functional collaboration.
• Execute efforts for cross-functional projects, programs and strategies.
• Define, integrate and report on key UX metrics to drive user-centered development.
• Manage programs while turning chaos into an efficient organization.