Senior UX Design Manager, YouTube Studio and Support — Google Switzerland
- Location
- Zürich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- Today
Role overview
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
10 years of experience in product design or UX.
- Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Drive the long-term User Experience (UX) goal for YouTube Studio and Creator Support, ensuring alignment across YouTube.
- Lead and mentor a high-performing, multi-disciplinary UX team across Zurich and Bangalore, fostering a collaborative culture.
- 10 years of experience in product design or UX.
Main responsibilities
- Drive the long-term User Experience (UX) goal for YouTube Studio and Creator Support, ensuring alignment across YouTube.
- Lead and mentor a high-performing, multi-disciplinary UX team across Zurich and Bangalore, fostering a collaborative culture.
- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Research, and Content Design to influence stakeholders and align regional strategies.
- Advocate for scalable design systems while leveraging AI capabilities to enhance creator workflows and experience consistency.
- Maintain high visual and interaction quality standards while making informed product decisions grounded in creator needs.
Key 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.
- Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).
Company and context
- 7 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization. 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.
- User experience is at the forefront of how we create intuitive, innovative, and beautiful products that people love.
- We strive to learn and understand our users’ needs, behaviors, and emotions to gather insights that inform product strategy and design.
- Our UX teams include designers, researchers, content strategists, and engineers who are passionate about quality, usability, and simplicity.
- We work on collaborative teams to solve complex challenges and craft experiences that highlight our products’ unique capabilities and personalities.
Additional details
- 7 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.
Notes and original content
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Questions about this listing
What salary does Google Switzerland offer for this role?
Google Switzerland lists CHF 101'500 - 154'000 gross per year for this position in Zürich. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Google Switzerland offer?
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Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Zürich?
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