Senior Staff UX Designer, Shopping Cart and Checkout

Google•Mountain View, CA

30d•$236,000 - $329,000

About The Position

At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Our Interaction Designers transform complex tasks into intuitive, easy-to-use experiences for billions of people. From creating user flows and wireframes to building mockups and prototypes, you will envision and bring product experiences to life with an inspired, refined, and magical feel. You will join our multi-disciplinary UX team, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management, leveraging user insights to create industry-leading products. As an Interaction Designer, you'll apply user-centered design methods to craft industry-leading user experiences from concept to execution, working with design partners to evolve the Google design language to build beautiful, innovative products. As the UX Designer for Shopping, you will lead the team responsible for building a personal shopper for everyone. You will guide the design outlook and strategy for cohesive shopping experiences across Google’s core products, including Search, Image Search, and Gemini. This role requires fostering deep collaboration with leadership partners across numerous product areas such as Ads, Search, Gemini, YouTube, Google Pay, and Photos, to bring this unified outlook to life. In this role, you will be operating as both an IC (75%) and manager (25%) of a small team. You will primarily be on IC work. Because of the nature of the role, candidates will be interviewed as ICs and will be expected to demonstrate IC skills. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
10 years of experience in product design or UX.
5 years of experience leading design projects and managing people or teams.
3 years of work experience working with executive leaders.
Experience working on e-commerce platforms/products.
Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
7 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.

Responsibilities

Influence stakeholders across organizations to gain support for design strategies.
Lead the development of innovative design solutions to user, product, and business problems.
Own a holistic design process, design system, or design language across teams or products.
Own 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.
Own project priorities, including finding and aligning resources effectively to help with the design project work.