Senior Strategist

5+ years of dedicated experience in Experience Strategy, UX Strategy, Service Design, or Product Strategy. Expert-level familiarity with Design Thinking / Human-Centered Design frameworks. Proven ability to thrive in highly iterative, non-waterfall environments. Strong creative collaboration skills with UX/Product Designers. Exceptional ability to create clear, compelling, client-facing decks. Comfort working with technical, product, and business requirements. Solid experience with qualitative UX research. Experience incorporating quantitative inputs (preferred). Proven experience executing competitive experience audits. Experience working with consumer technology brands, major digital platforms, or complex digital products (preferred). High depth of understanding of Google products and fluency in behaviors shaping the future of search experience, AI, and commerce.

Own the end-to-end experience strategy for fast-paced design sprints. Synthesize client briefs into clear, inspiring kickoff briefs. Partner day-to-day with Product Designers, providing continuous strategic guidance. Develop and co-facilitate high-impact internal workshops. Frame challenges, design ideation prompts, and deliver inspiration. Create clear, impactful strategic design decks. Provide in-the-moment strategic input during daily design meetings. Act as a strategic partner to the UX Research team. Conduct comprehensive user-experience competitive audits. Build valuable relationships with clients and become a trusted advisor.