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Posted date: Aug 08, 2025
Location: Seattle, WA
Level: Director
Estimated salary: $269,500
Range: $224,000 - $315,000
Description
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.
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.
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. You are a thoughtful team leader, manager, systems-level design thinker, and visionary - with strong instincts and outstanding intuition informed by user needs and insights. You'll be responsible for guiding the careers of your team members, working closely with each of them to help them realize their full potential.
UX Design Managers are fierce advocates for the people who use our products as well as the members of their teams. They have a practiced eye for effective design, and are committed to creating elegantly simple user experiences from otherwise complex workflows.
In this role, you’ll take the time to understand not just the execution side of UX, but also the business aspects of the products we build. 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.
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.
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. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. 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 in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.10 years of experience in consumer-facing product design or UX. 5 years of experience in a management role with direct reports. Experience working with Designers, Researchers, Developer, Content Strategists, and Product Managers throughout the product lifecycle. Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).
Preferred qualifications: Experience implementing design systems across a range of platforms in an iterative software development environment. Familiarity with technical constraints and limitations as they apply to designing for platforms such as desktop and mobile, Android, and iOS. Ability to lead in communicating conceptual ideas and design rationale, within a user-centered design process. Excellent people management skills and the ability to build effective working relationships.
Extended Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.10 years of experience in consumer-facing product design or UX. 5 years of experience in a management role with direct reports. Experience working with Designers, Researchers, Developer, Content Strategists, and Product Managers throughout the product lifecycle. Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).
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