Senior Director, UX, YouTube Emerging Experience and Community

Job description

Minimum qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, or 12 years of experience in a senior role creating strategy and designing products. 15 years of experience leading UX teams or design portfolios. Experience managing and growing cross-discipline UX organizations, including senior managers and their teams.

Preferred qualifications

Experience managing distributed teams and the ability to grow strong teams and leaders. Understanding of roles, methods, processes and best practices for user-centered design. Proven ability to work in a rapidly-changing industry and manage ambiguity while minimizing uncertainty. Prove track record of cross-functional collaboration, partnerships, and leadership within a matrixed organization. Expertise or interest in short-form video and Gen AI creation.

About the job With over two billion monthly logged-in users, YouTube has grown into a global community where people all over the world access information, share video, and shape culture. The YouTube team helps budding creators build careers, artists and media companies reach audiences, creates products like YouTube Kids, YouTube Music and YouTube TV, and engages communities around shared passions and global conversations.

Together, YouTube powers the voices that shape the world. As the Senior Director, UX, Emerging Experience and Community, you will be responsible for the user experience of YouTube's mobile creation and community experiences - including Shorts, YouTube Create, and formats like Live and Posts. You'll also be responsible for leading the next generation of AI-powered creation tools. In this role, you'll drive a user-centered strategic vision, influence cross-functional partners and hold a high bar for product excellence to deliver experiences for YouTube's viewers and creators.