
Senior Director, UX, Core AI Systems, Product Development Lifecycle, Core
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Job overview
The Senior Director will shape UX strategy for Google’s Core AI Systems and Product Development Lifecycle, using user-centered thinking and technical expertise to influence enterprise product development. The role oversees experience, product, and business outcomes across AIS and partner teams, while advancing AI-enabled applications and best practices. It also leads a global UX team and drives cohesive experiences, operational excellence, and high-quality product releases for internal users.
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Senior Director, UX, Core AI Systems, Product Development Lifecycle, Core
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XIn accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
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Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
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Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
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Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
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Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
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Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
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Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
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Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Jose, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA .
Minimum qualifications:
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Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
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20 years of experience leading UX for multi-disciplinary teams.
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Experience creating, executing, and delivering against a product roadmap and driving business impact.
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Experience building and leading user experience teams.
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Experience with enterprise software domains.
Preferred qualifications:
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Experience delivering end-to-end solutions for a variety of users across applications and platforms.
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Knowledge that enables ideation and development of creative and innovative solutions.
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Excellent product sensibility, with the ability to advocate and drive key product innovations or opportunities within enterprise experiences.
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Excellent UX leadership skills for high quality design accomplishments leading to significant business impact in relevant enterprise software domains.
About the job
Core’s mission is to make Google better for everyone, and at scale. The Core team builds foundational technology and experiences that power the Google family of products. We are owners and advocates for the cross-Google user experience, underlying design elements, safety and privacy technology, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google.
In this role, you will combine your deep understanding of the user and technical expertise with business acumen and the ability to drive excellent enterprise product development. Your work will influence product strategy to ensure Google transforms its operations through AI and end-to-end user centered thinking.
You will own and oversee the strategy, outlook, and delivery of desired experience, product and business outcomes to forge a path forward across AIS and partner teams. You will also identify and nurture best practices and emergent solutions, and enable scaled AI forward application to drive user-centered experiences that create business value and high user satisfaction.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $323000 - $449000 (USD) + 40% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .
Responsibilities
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Create and drive a compelling outlook for AI Systems, embedding quality into the Product Development Lifecycle.
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Leverage evolving AI capabilities to drive innovation, efficiency, and simplicity across complex product workflows.
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Partner across multiple product teams to deliver a cohesive, elegant user experience across value streams.
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Lead, inspire, and grow a global UX team, fostering culture and driving alignment across unique stakeholders.
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Drive operational and execution excellence at scale, establishing a high bar for craft across product releases for internal users.
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Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) .
If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing ourAccommodations for Applicants form (https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2) .
Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.
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Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCP_EEO_Post.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.
How this job compares
Set against the 804 open Product Design jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$323–449K/yr
- California median$181–270K/yr152 salary ranges
- US median$156–245K/yr614 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $386K, is 76% above the California median midpoint ($219K) — in the top quarter of Product Design salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 205 open Product Design jobs in California and 804 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 20 years of experience — more than three in four Product Design postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 618 postings).
- Education
- 233 of the 804 open Product Design jobs (29%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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