Staff UX Content Design Lead, Search AI

USER_EXPERIENCE
USA
March 26, 2026
FULL_TIME

Job Overview

  • Date Posted
    March 26, 2026
  • Location
    USA
  • Expiration date
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Job Description

2026-03-09T21:33:32.523Z

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Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA.

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-$248,000 + 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.

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 Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

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