Staff UX Program Manager, Google Ads

52 Minutes ago • 10-10 Years • UI/UX Design

About the job

Summary

As a Staff UX Program Manager at Google Ads, you will leverage your expertise in project management and user experience to enhance product design used by billions. Responsibilities involve planning projects, defining milestones, assessing risks, creating actionable insights, and ensuring timely project completion. You'll harmonize the work of various UX disciplines (Designers, Researchers, Strategists, Engineers) and collaborate with Engineering and Product Management. The role focuses on driving UX team objectives and creating innovative experiences for Google Ads, which powers the open internet by connecting people, publishers, advertisers, and Google through advertising products (search, display, shopping, etc.). You'll drive operational excellence, develop program roadmaps, and advocate for user-centered development metrics across large-scale projects. The role demands strong stakeholder management and collaboration across various teams within Google.
Must have:
  • 10+ years managing UX programs
  • 10+ years driving operational efforts
  • Experience with UX disciplines and methodologies
  • Data analysis and insight leveraging
  • Improving team/product/system productivity
Good to have:
  • Product development lifecycle experience
  • Knowledge of industry tech trends
  • Excellent cross-audience communication
Perks:
  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits
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Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10 years of experience managing and scaling UX related programs. 10 years of experience driving operational efforts across organizations.
  • Experience with UX disciplines and user-centered development tools and methodologies.
  • Experience analyzing data and leveraging insights to develop solutions. Experience improving the velocity of productivity of teams, products, and systems.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience with the product development lifecycle.
  • Knowledge of industry wide technology trends and issues.
  • Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly across different audiences and varying levels of the organization

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 Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $168,000-$252,000 + 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.

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Responsibilities

  • Drive the vision for operational excellence across UX teams to deliver the highest level of trust-building and strategic counsel across large scale, high impact projects, while driving strong collaborative relationships with appropriate stakeholders across program work. 
  • Develop program roadmaps and establish user-centered project goals in line with long-term objectives. 
  • Oversee critical efforts for broader or cross-functional projects, programs, and strategies. 
  • Advocate for the establishment of key UX metrics that drive a culture of user-centered development across a wide range of program work. 
  • Manage large, complex programs while turning chaos into an efficient organization.  
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$168.0K - $252.0K/yr (Outscal est.)
$210.0K/yr avg.
Worldwide

About The Company

A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.

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