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Principal, UX, Search Discover

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Compensation
$275–382K/yr
Location
CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Principal UX Lead for Discover will drive UX strategy and execution to transform Discover into a proactive, hyper-personalized feed. The role leads strategic design initiatives across feed interactions, content formats, and AI-driven exploration, partnering with executive and cross-organization teams. It also cultivates a high-performing design organization and advocates for modern prototyping tools and a strong design culture.

Skills & qualifications

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Skills

User Experience Design (UX)Human-Computer InteractionProduct ManagementOther EngineeringData ScienceArtificial IntelligencePrototypingInterpersonal CommunicationsLeadershipUX Organization ManagementUX Organization ScalingUX Organization DevelopmentExecutive CollaborationConsumer Feed DesignAI-Native Design ToolsRapid PrototypingCommunicationExecutive InfluenceProduct NarrativesCross-Product InitiativesPersonalization FrameworksCreator-Publisher Value ExchangesProduct StrategyYouth DemographicsProduct-Market Fit

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Design, HCI, CS, or Related15 Years UX Organization Experience7 Years Executive Collaboration Experience

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Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

  • 15 years of experience managing, scaling, and developing UX organizations in global technology organizations.

  • 7 years of expeirence collaborating with executive partners across Product Management, Engineering, Research, and Data Science on technology products.

  • Experience leading design for consumer feeds.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience advocating ofr AI-native design tools and rapid prototyping methods (e.g., AI Studio, vibe coding) to accelerate team exploration and design velocity.
  • Strong communication and executive-influencing skills, with the ability to articulate compelling product narratives to senior leadership.
  • Demonstrated success leading cross-product area initiatives, unifying personalization frameworks, and building creator/publisher value exchanges.
  • Proven track record of defining product strategy for youth demographics and driving product-market fit in competitive content ecosystems.

About the job As the Principal UX Lead for Discover, you will drive the UX strategy and execution for transforming Discover into a proactive, hyper-personalized feed. You will lead strategic design initiatives to redefine feed interactions, content formats, and AI-driven exploration experiences. You will partner closely with executive leadership across Product Management, Engineering, Data Science, UX Research, and cross-organization partners (YouTube, Shopping, Chrome, and Android) to deliver a unified experience. We are seeking a visionary organizational builder and craft leader who thrives in complex AI-native design spaces. You will cultivate a high-performing organization, advocating for modern prototyping tools, operational excellence, and a culture where designers can excel. In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $275000 - $382000 (USD) + 30% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google. Responsibilities

  • Lead the design vision and execution to transform Discover into a proactive, hyper-personalized concierge experience that helps users make progress on their goals. Balance AI capabilities while centering human voices and sources.
  • Develop thoughtful, user-first strategies for making Discover a more impactful experience that serves a scaled consumer base and helps existing users go deeper, moving seamlessly from inspiration to action.
  • Evolve feed formats by scaling AI enabled formats, designing new engagement mechanisms, and elevating human voices and perspectives in the feed.
  • Leverage experience with scaled consumer feed products to advocate for and drive best practices and design strategies for feed experiences.
  • Nurture and advocate for a high-craft design organization, and innovate to deliver native app interactions.

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How this job compares

Set against the 752 open Product Design jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$275–382K/yr
  • California median$189–270K/yr157 salary ranges
  • US median$175–245K/yr515 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $329K, is 48% above the California median midpoint ($223K) — in the top quarter of Product Design salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 226 open Product Design jobs in California and 752 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 15 years of experience — more than three in four Product Design postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 556 postings).
Education
262 of the 752 open Product Design jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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