UX Manager, Google Messages Consumer

Google is seeking a UX Manager for their Messages Consumer team to lead and shape the future of Google design. This role combines leadership, design strategy, and user advocacy, requiring 8 years of product design/UX experience and 3 years of team management experience. The position offers a competitive salary range of $168,000-$252,000 plus comprehensive benefits.

As a UX Manager, you'll lead a distributed team of designers, focusing on creating elegant solutions for complex workflows in Google's messaging products. You'll be responsible for guiding team members' careers while collaborating with cross-functional leaders in UX, Engineering, and Product Management to drive innovation across Google's products.

The role is part of Google's Android ecosystem, which powers over 3 billion devices worldwide. Android's mission is to democratize computing access globally, believing that computing is a force for good that enables access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, and connectivity.

You'll need strong design thinking abilities, excellent management skills, and the capacity to work effectively with executive stakeholders. The position requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant field, though a master's is preferred, along with significant experience in cross-functional organizations.

This opportunity offers the chance to impact billions of users while working at one of the world's most innovative companies. You'll be part of Google's User Experience (UX) organization, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams of Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers who are passionate about creating user-centered products.

The role combines strategic thinking with hands-on leadership, requiring you to understand both UX execution and business aspects of product development. You'll be instrumental in shaping Google's design future while advocating for user needs and maintaining high design quality standards.