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UX Design Manager

Google
13 hours ago
Full-time
On-site
Zürich, ZH

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Google is seeking a UX Design Manager in Zurich to lead strategy, reduce complexity, and shape ecosystem UX, guiding a design team and partnering with Engineering and product teams to align business goals with user centered solutions. The role requires 8 years in product design or UX, 3 years leading design projects or teams, and a portfolio link with your resume. Preferred candidates hold a master’s degree, have 5 years in complex cross-functional settings, 3 years partnering with executive leaders, and experience with content management systems or identity products, plus familiarity with AI tools. To apply, show how you influence stakeholders, establish design systems, drive OKRs, and mentor teams to deliver impact.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in product design or UX.
  • 3 years of experience leading design projects and managing people or teams.
  • Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.
  • 3 years of work experience working with executive leaders.
  • Experience with Content Management Systems: digital rights management, or identity products.
  • Experience designing for both complex enterprise systems and user-friendly consumer-facing products.
  • Proficiency in AI tools and interfaces for product design.

About the job

At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." As a UX Design Manager, you will drive this vision by defining product strategy, mitigating complexity, and conceptualizing ecosystem-level UX. You are a systems-level thinker and a fierce advocate for both your users and your team.

You will be responsible for guiding the careers of your direct reports, helping them realize their full potential while fostering a culture of forward-thinking design. With a practiced eye for quality, you will transform complex workflows into elegantly simple experiences. You will collaborate closely with Engineering and Product Management leaders to align business goals with design innovation, leveraging your passion for brand, craft, and execution.

Responsibilities

  • Influence stakeholders across functions to gain support for design strategies.
  • Lead the development of innovative design solutions to user, product, and business problems.
  • Establish a holistic design process, design system, or design language across teams or products.
  • Deliver 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.
  • Drive project priorities in alignment with larger project goals, and coordinate allocation of resources within the design project and guide team members to develop individual Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).