Staff UX Designer, AI Governance, Workspace

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance

Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match

Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment

Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance

Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks

Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks

Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Irvine, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

8 years of interaction design experience in product design or UX design.

Experience designing user interfaces, user flows, and prototypes using industry-standard design tools such as Figma.

Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

3 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization, with 2 years of experience leading design projects.

Experience designing complex, data-heavy, or highly technical applications such as business-to-business (B2B), enterprise IT, developer tools, or cybersecurity.

Experience designing admin consoles, policy builders, compliance tools, or workflows involving complex system architectures and information architecture.

Experience with generative AI concepts, designing systems that build user trust, clear system attribution, and progressive disclosure.

About the job

At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Our Interaction Designers transform complex tasks into intuitive, easy-to-use experiences for billions of people. From creating user flows and wireframes to building mockups and prototypes, you will envision and bring product experiences to life with an inspired, refined, and magical feel. You will join our multi-disciplinary UX team, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management, leveraging user insights to create industry-leading products.

As an Interaction Designer, you'll apply user-centered design methods to craft industry-leading user experiences from concept to execution, working with design partners to evolve the Google design language to build beautiful, innovative products.

The Workspace Enterprise UX team designs the command center for modern IT professionals. We build the intuitive tools that global admins rely on to successfully deploy, manage, and scale Workspace across users.

As a Senior UX Designer, you will lead the design of enterprise controls for AI and non-human identities. You will own the user experiences that allow admins to confidently deploy AI, set guardrails around agentic behavior, manage complex attribution, and ensure corporate data remains secure and compliant. Your work will be the bridge between AI capabilities and the trust, security, and reliability required by the organizations.

AI will change the future of work in profound ways, and our products - Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Sheets, Vids and Meet are at the forefront. From pre-computed summaries for email threads, summaries for meetings, and videos created from a document using lifelike AI avatars, our AI opportunity is huge. Our mission is to meaningfully connect people so they can create, build, and grow together and as part of the team you can build how productivity tools should work 5-10 years into the future. You will work with model builders (Google DeepMind), work with exceptional leaders, and have the ability to impact billions of users across the world.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $188000 - $275000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

Lead the design for how non-human actors are identified, authorized, and managed, creating interaction models that distinguish between human and agent actions to ensure clear attribution.

Reimagine Identity and Access Management (IAM) workflows for autonomous agents, translating complex role-based access controls (RBAC) into seamless, intuitive interfaces.

Create dashboards and audit logs that translate generative AI actions into human-readable insights, allowing administrators to understand data access and permissions.

Design policy engines and data loss prevention (DLP) controls specifically tailored for generative AI, enabling administrators to establish boundaries and restrict sensitive data.

Partner closely with cross-functional teams including Product Management, Engineering, Identity, and Security to lead design sprints, build prototypes, and advocate design excellence.