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Design Manager roles qualify for H-1B sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree or higher in design, architecture, or a related field. Employers file the LCA with DOL before your H-1B petition, certifying your role meets prevailing wage requirements for the work location.
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At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." As a UX Design Manager, you will drive this vision by defining product strategy, mitigating complexity, and conceptualizing ecosystem-level UX. You are a systems-level thinker and a fierce advocate for both your users and your team.
You will be responsible for guiding the careers of your direct reports, helping them realize their full potential while fostering a culture of forward-thinking design. With a practiced eye for quality, you will transform complex workflows into elegantly simple experiences. You will collaborate closely with Engineering and Product Management leaders to align business goals with design innovation, leveraging your passion for brand, craft, and execution.
Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $237,000-$329,000 + 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
- Influence stakeholders across organizations to gain support for design strategies.
- Lead the development of design solutions to user, product, and business problems.
- Own an integrated design process, design system, or design language across teams or products.
- Own improvements in design based on User Experience (UX) testing and stakeholder input and provide guidance to engage stakeholders on product design to achieve product goals.
- Own project priorities, including finding and aligning resources to help with the design project work.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction, computer science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10 years of experience in product design or UX.
- 5 years of experience leading design projects and managing people or teams.
- 3 years of experience working with executive leaders.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience using UX to influence decision making, communicate concepts, and facilitate understanding.
- Experience translating evolving directions into user-centric approaches.
- Experience promoting creative design approaches and developing ideas that can evolve products.
- Ability to drive impact across multiple cross-product initiatives with a group of stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate positions to influence and challenge partners with new design thinking.
- Include a portfolio, website, or any other link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).
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: New York, NY, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.
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.
About the job
At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." As a UX Design Manager, you will drive this vision by defining product strategy, mitigating complexity, and conceptualizing ecosystem-level UX. You are a systems-level thinker and a fierce advocate for both your users and your team.
You will be responsible for guiding the careers of your direct reports, helping them realize their full potential while fostering a culture of forward-thinking design. With a practiced eye for quality, you will transform complex workflows into elegantly simple experiences. You will collaborate closely with Engineering and Product Management leaders to align business goals with design innovation, leveraging your passion for brand, craft, and execution.
Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $237,000-$329,000 + 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
- Influence stakeholders across organizations to gain support for design strategies.
- Lead the development of design solutions to user, product, and business problems.
- Own an integrated design process, design system, or design language across teams or products.
- Own improvements in design based on User Experience (UX) testing and stakeholder input and provide guidance to engage stakeholders on product design to achieve product goals.
- Own project priorities, including finding and aligning resources to help with the design project work.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction, computer science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10 years of experience in product design or UX.
- 5 years of experience leading design projects and managing people or teams.
- 3 years of experience working with executive leaders.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience using UX to influence decision making, communicate concepts, and facilitate understanding.
- Experience translating evolving directions into user-centric approaches.
- Experience promoting creative design approaches and developing ideas that can evolve products.
- Ability to drive impact across multiple cross-product initiatives with a group of stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate positions to influence and challenge partners with new design thinking.
- Include a portfolio, website, or any other link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).
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: New York, NY, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.
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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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Design Manager
Document your design leadership credentials
Gather portfolios, org charts showing direct reports, and project briefs that demonstrate strategic design decisions. USCIS scrutinizes Design Manager petitions for evidence the role requires a specific degree, not just general management experience.
Target employers with active LCA filing histories
Use Migrate Mate to filter Design Manager roles by verified H-1B filing history, so you're only pursuing employers who've already navigated the sponsorship process for this job title, not ones encountering it for the first time.
Verify your role's prevailing wage level before negotiating
Run your job title and work location through the OFLC Wage Search before offer discussions. Design Manager wages are certified at Levels I through IV, and your offered salary must meet the level your employer selects on the LCA.
Confirm the employer files cap-subject H-1B petitions
Some design studios and boutique agencies have never sponsored H-1B workers before. Ask HR directly whether they've filed I-129 petitions previously. A first-time sponsor may need several months of lead time just to engage immigration counsel.
Check O*NET before your specialty occupation letter
The O*NET profile for Design Managers lists the standard educational requirements USCIS expects to see reflected in your support letter. Your employer's attorney will reference this profile when arguing the role qualifies as a specialty occupation.
Use your 60-day grace period strategically between roles
If a Design Manager role falls through after your previous H-1B ends, you have 60 days to secure a new employer willing to file an H-1B transfer. Prioritize employers who can move quickly to premium processing to stay within that window.
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Does a Design Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, provided the position requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field such as graphic design, industrial design, architecture, or human-computer interaction. The employer must show the degree requirement is standard for the role, not merely preferred. Positions where any bachelor's degree satisfies the requirement regardless of field face greater USCIS scrutiny and may receive a Request for Evidence.
How do I find employers who sponsor H-1B visas for Design Manager jobs?
Migrate Mate filters Design Manager listings by verified H-1B LCA filing history, so you can see which employers have previously certified Labor Condition Applications for this job title. Targeting companies with an existing sponsorship track record significantly reduces the risk of an employer backing out mid-process when they realize the complexity involved.
Can my employer file an H-1B transfer if I'm already working as a Design Manager on H-1B status?
Yes. A new employer can file an H-1B transfer petition while you continue working for your current employer under portability rules, provided you've been in valid H-1B status and your new petition is non-frivolous. You don't need to wait for USCIS approval before starting the new role, but your new employer must file before your current authorization expires.
What documentation does my employer need to prove a Design Manager role is a specialty occupation?
Your employer's immigration attorney typically submits the job description, internal org charts, industry surveys showing degree requirements for comparable roles, and the O*NET occupational profile. For Design Manager specifically, evidence that you'll be directing design strategy rather than executing individual tasks strengthens the specialty occupation argument, since generalist management roles draw more RFEs.
Does it matter which city I'll be working in as a Design Manager on H-1B?
Yes. The LCA is tied to the specific worksite location, and prevailing wages vary significantly between metro areas. If you work remotely from a different location than listed on the LCA, your employer must file an amended petition with a new LCA. Design Managers in high-cost markets like San Francisco or New York are certified at higher wage levels, which affects what USCIS expects the offer to reflect.
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