Short Description
Google is seeking a UX Program Manager who has Direct experience supporting UX while working cross-functionally with product and engineering teams.Job Description
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience in Program Management on design projects.
- Experience with design, UX, user research, and innovation processes and teams.
- Direct experience supporting UX while working cross-functionally with product and engineering teams.
- Ability to be an influential member of a highly integrated team composed of both technical and non-technical members.
- Manage programs, defining milestones and success criteria, resource allocation and successful on-time delivery.
- Act as a bridge between UX, Engineering, and Product Management teams, connecting all three groups and ensuring interdependencies are well understood.
- Communicate schedules, priorities, and status to all levels in the company.
UX Program Manager
It offers services designed for work and productivity (Google Docs, Sheets and Slides), email (Gmail/Inbox), scheduling and time management (Google Calendar), cloud storage (Google Drive), social networking (Google+), instant messaging and video chat (Google Allo/Duo), language translation (Google Translate), mapping and turn-by-turn navigation (Google Maps/Waze), video sharing (YouTube), notetaking (Google Keep), and photo organizing and editing (Google Photos). The company leads the development of the Android mobile operating system, the Google Chrome web browser, and Chrome OS, a lightweight operating system based on the Chrome browser. Google has moved increasingly into hardware; from 2010 to 2015, it partnered with major electronics manufacturers in the production of its Nexus devices, and in October 2016, it released multiple hardware products (including the Google Pixel smartphone, Home smart speaker, Wifi mesh wireless router, and Daydream View virtual reality headset). The new hardware chief, Rick Osterloh, stated: "a lot of the innovation that we want to do now ends up requiring controlling the end-to-end user experience". Google has also experimented with becoming an Internet carrier. In February 2010, it announced Google Fiber, a fiber-optic infrastructure that was installed in Kansas City; in April 2015, it launched Project Fi in the United States, combining Wi-Fi and cellular networks from different providers; and in 2016, it announced the Google Station initiative to make public Wi-Fi around the world, with initial deployment in India.