UX Program Manager, Wear OS

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of program management experience within design or UX organizations.
• Experience working with Product Design/Quality Engineers, and Operations teams.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in health and fitness or wearables technologies.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies or SCRUM.
• Experience with the product development life-cycle.
• Ability to communicate to all levels of users (internal and external), excellent problem-solving skills, adaptable, proactive and willing to take ownership.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and investigative skills with the ability to communicate complex interaction concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization.
  
  

About The Job

At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." UX Programs & Operations at Google drive projects within our UX organizations by increasing communication and connection points, streamlining the UX design process, and driving a culture of user centered development.

Google User Experience (UX) is made up of multi-disciplinary teams of UX Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers: we care deeply about the people who use our products. The UX team plays an integral part in gathering insights about the attitudes, emotions, and behaviors of people who use our products to inspire and inform design. We collaborate closely with each other and with engineering and product management to create industry-leading products that deliver value for the people who use them, and for Google’s businesses.

As a UX Program Manager (UX Programs & Operations), you will combine expert project management skills with a passion for user experience to help your team improve the design of products that are used by billions of users. You’ll plan projects, define milestones, assess risks, create actionable insights, and ensure projects meet deadlines. You’ll harmonize the work of UX Designers, Researchers, Content Strategists, UX Engineers, and other UX disciplines, while also working closely with our Engineering and Product Manager cross-functional partners, to drive UX team objectives and create innovative experiences for our business, products, and users.

Wear's mission is to effortlessly connect users and offer a seamless smartwatch experience with access to their favorite apps and services.

Responsibilities

• Build project plans and execute them in collaboration with stakeholders to ensure high-quality UX outcomes.
• Work with the UX team and stakeholders to align on priorities, resource allocation, and progress across teams.
• Plan and execute your work in line with the UX team’s and product team’s objectives and key results
• Understand UX launch readiness and address any gaps, advocate quality, file and track issues through to resolution.
• Apply knowledge of user-centered development and UX practices, escalating risks and proposing solutions when needed.
  
  
  

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