Staff UX Program Manager, GeminiApp, DeepMind

About the role

Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority. We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offer diverse learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and refine the repeatable processes and frameworks that enable our UX team to deliver bold, high-quality work at lightning speed.
• Serve as the central point of contact for UX, orchestrating alignment on priorities, roadmaps, and resource allocation with key partners in Product, Engineering, Research, and Trust & Safety.
• Partner with UX discipline leads to forecast, plan, and allocate team capacity, ensuring we are always focused on the most critical user and business goals.
• Identify and resolve bottlenecks in our processes, tools, and cross-functional communication, empowering the team to focus on impactful design and research.
• Foster a positive, collaborative, and team culture through well-planned strategic off-sites, workshops, and communication initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in program management within a UX, design, or product development organization.

Qualifications

• Experience in environments focused on AI, machine learning, or other emerging technologies.
• Deep experience working directly with and understanding the needs of UX disciplines (e.g., interaction design, UX research, content strategy, UX engineering).
• Excellence of resource planning, and project and data management, with an ability to turn insights into actionable strategies.
• Track record of building and scaling UX operations in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and rapidly evolving environment (such as a startup or a v1 product).

Pay

US: $189,000 - $274,000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Schedule

Full-time