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Google Hiring for Director, Programs and Operations, Search UX at Mountain View, CA Full Time
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Applications will be accepted through December 21, 2021.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or business-oriented field or equivalent practical experience.
- 15 years of experience leading an operations team in consulting, program management, strategy/operations, or product management.
- Experience leading program management and operational teams, and experience partnering with and advising executives.
- Experience in strategy and operations, or a similar business strategy function.
Preferred qualifications:
- Graduate degree in a management, technical, design, or engineering field.
- Experience leading teams, managing operational expense budgets, and coordinating with vendor teams.
- Ability to prioritize the user in product design and development.
- Ability to analyze, structure, and break down complex business problems.
- Ability to manage cross-functional executive stakeholders.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and partner with and influence teams across boundaries.
About the job
As a Director of Search UX Programs, you will establish an integrated strategy and drive a mission critical UX programs/operations team for Google’s Search product portfolio. You will partner with executive Search leaders to understand corporate strategic initiatives, lead industry-wide design innovation, and ensure UX teams are effectively bringing user needs into the forefront of Search’s future. In this role, you will serve as a business leader and you will build/drive key programs for product initiatives for the UX team. You will play an important leadership role through the next phases of our search, strategy, and growth.
User experience is at the forefront of how we create intuitive, innovative, and beautiful products that people love. We strive to learn and understand our users’ needs, behaviors, and emotions to gather insights that inform product strategy and design. Our UX teams include designers, researchers, content strategists, and engineers who are passionate about quality, usability, and simplicity. We work on collaborative teams to solve complex challenges and craft experiences that highlight our products’ unique capabilities and personalities. Our work touches billions while exemplifying a key principle that is core to Google’s philosophy: “Focus on the user and all else will follow.”
Responsibilities
- Serve as a partner to User Experience (UX) leadership and provide strategic recommendations based on analysis, user insights, experience, and good judgment.
- Partner with the Director of Search UX to define team strategy, continually innovate the product, simplify workflows, and elevate the UX team’s impact across the Search portfolio.
- Develop and drive objectives and success metrics for the Search UX team. Manage the functional cadence, lead operating processes, and build the tools to manage the Search UX organization.
- Partner across functions relevant to the user experience to drive durable and strategic partnership.
- Manage a team of individuals/managers and drive operational processes across UX disciplines and teams within Search UX. Align strategy and plans across different product UX teams.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
