Design Program Management Lead

Design Program Management Lead

A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. That's why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Program Manager at Google, you'll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish — working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.

Google Hardware Design is a mix of creative and technical minds envisioning a future Made by Google. We strive to be the experts of form and function while creating experiences that are human, optimistic, and bold. As a Design Program Management Lead at Google, you will be responsible for leading a team of Design Program Managers in shepherding projects through the design process by coordinating the work of Industrial Designers (ID), Color, Material and Finish Designers (CMF), User Experience Designers (UX), Researchers, and Engineers. In this role, you'll combine your expert leadership and project management skills to work cross-functionally and collaborate with executives, managers, designers, engineering and your team to plan projects, define milestones, assign resources, assess risks, and help projects meet deadlines. As a lead, you will also manage all project-related communications to team members, leaders and other stakeholders. This job requires you to be a skilled multitasker, an ace planner and a flexible project manager who can balance projects that span continents.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $174,000-$258,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience managing industrial design, color/material/finish or creative projects.
• 5 years of experience in a leadership role.
• Experience in user centered design processes and iterative development processes.
• Experience with consumer electronics product design and hardware development working with multiple disciplines such as ID, CMF, UX, Research, Product Management, Hardware Engineering and Manufacturing.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with program management and managing dynamic technical projects, with competing resources and priorities.
• Experience with people management, leading projects and managing a direct team.
• Ability to multitask, analyze opportunities, define successful approaches, proactively solve problems and accomplish objectives with a direction.
• Proven track record of collaborating effectively across organizational boundaries and landing strategies that result in organizational impact.
• Excellent leadership and facilitation skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with design team leads in delivering the highest level of trust-building, counsel through all project interactions and act as a bridge between ID, CMF, UX, Research, Product Management, Engineering and Manufacturing teams, connecting all groups and making sure inter-dependencies are understood and planned for effectively.
• Identify team and project needs with regards to process, tools, documentation, asset management, and implement required changes to ensure design teams are working at optimum efficiency.
• Lead project teams, clearly defining roles, strategy, deliverables, and timeline.
• Lead annual and quarterly planning for resources, funding and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
• Manage a team of design program managers. Clearly communicate individual expectations, roles and responsibilities for direct reports as well as partner teams, ensuring that the work product of the team is aligned to the goals of the broader organization.

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