Staff UX Content Design Lead, Search AI

Staff UX Content Design Lead, Search AI

Advanced experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in UX writing, content design, technical writing, writing, editorial, or marketing for consumer-facing technology products.
• 3 years of experience in people or team management, including coaching, performance management, and continued development.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional technology organization.
• Experience working with Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), or machine learning products.
• Experience in prompt engineering, rubric development, or model evaluation methods.
• Experience in trust and safety, fact-checking, or quality assurance for digital information products.
• Ability to balance personal delivery of high-stakes work with the responsibilities of team management.

About the job:

As Staff UX Content Design Lead on Search AI, you will serve as both a strategic individual contributor and a dedicated people manager. You will lead critical model behavior design efforts to shape the future of Google's generative AI experiences, building and mentoring a team of high-performing content designers.

In this role, you will pioneer innovative content strategies and model training methods, blending design thinking and editorial expertise with data analysis and prompt engineering.

You will be responsible for managing complex project lifecycles and architecting scalable frameworks, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and career growth for your direct reports. By bridging the gap between technical modeling and human-centric design, you will ensure Google Search remains a reliable resource for users worldwide.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $171,000-$254,000 + 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.

Responsibilities:

• Understand and advocate for all UX functions as essential to the product lifecycle.
• Drive the development of innovative UX writing and content design solutions to complex user, product, and business problems.
• Build alignment by collaborating with product managers, team members, and other cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., marketing, legal, engineering) to develop a product narrative, goal, mission, or principles.
• Lead the establishment and improvement of holistic UX writing and content design processes, systems, frameworks or patterns across multiple teams or products.
• Influence the development of priorities across projects to balance tactical and strategic efforts in alignment with larger project goals.

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