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UX Program Manager, Google Cloud Networking

New York, United States (On-site)

UX Program Manager, Google Cloud Networking

3 Weeks ago • 4-8 Years • UI/UX Design • $122,000 PA - $178,000 PA

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Job Description

As a UX Program Manager at Google Cloud Networking, you will leverage your project management expertise and passion for user experience to enhance product design. Responsibilities include planning projects, defining milestones, risk assessment, generating actionable insights, and ensuring timely project completion. You will coordinate UX Designers, Researchers, and other disciplines, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management to achieve UX team objectives and create innovative user experiences. The role demands excellent communication, problem-solving, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment. You will also contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, defining key metrics to demonstrate UX impact and fostering a user-centered development culture. The position requires a Bachelor's degree and at least 4 years of relevant experience.

Must have:

4+ years program management experience in design/UX
4+ years UX project experience
Experience with UX design, research, and tools
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Project planning, execution, and risk assessment
Stakeholder relationship management

Good to have:

Experience coordinating creative output
Knowledge of design, user research, and innovation processes
Familiarity with project management software (Google Docs, spreadsheets)
Ability to work in ambiguous environments

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
4 years of program management experience within design or UX organizations.
4 years of experience with UX related projects and UX design, user research, or user centered development tools and methodologies.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience in project management, coordinating creative output with quality.
Experience with design, user research, and innovation processes and working with engineering professionals.
Knowledge of project management software, spreadsheets, Google Docs.
Ability to build relationships, multitask, define approaches, and proactively and creatively solve problems.
Ability to grow in a fluid and ambiguous environment.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to represent a team from business, product and technical perspective.

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.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $122,000-$178,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. 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 .

Responsibilities

Provide operational excellence across UX teams, while building collaborative relationships with appropriate stakeholders across program work.
Develop a plan to assess continuous improvement opportunities for UX programs and processes. Decide on the method to collect data, analyze the data for insights, propose improvements and test them with stakeholders.
Provide input to defining metrics that drive a culture of user-centered development and demonstrate UX impact based on program needs, and facilitate alignment within UX. Execute plans to establish baselines, track and report on UX metrics.
Scale, prioritize and execute project plans, thinking about how to enhance resourcing, time, and business.

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$122.0K - $178.0K/yr (Outscal est.)

$150.0K/yr avg.

New York, New York, United States

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