Sr. Manager - Product Design

What's On Your Plate

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  Manage and develop 3-5 designers
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  Owning design strategy and management of a large chunk of our user journey (design practice for 4-5 squads)
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  Manage design bandwidths and be the hiring manager for your team
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  Work with product leads to articulate the vision and evolution of the product/discipline area for quarters ahead
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  Seen as the go-to expert over multiple squads, is able to effectively utilize product functionality to drive big company objectives
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  Drive experience first problem-solving practices within the product squads
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  Ensure pixel-perfect design quality and design system alignment with the designers on your team
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  Having an impact through people by developing great relationships with designers, helping and challenging them to succeed
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  Provide clear feedback and coaching to designers
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  Ensure designers have clear goals that support them in delivering impactful work
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  Understand and support our journey toward becoming a world-class design team
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  Think in terms of scalable systems, not just one-off solutions
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  Meet the bar for delivery of design work within your design team
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  Connect with the craft of design, especially high-quality, modern design/research
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  Give useful design feedback in a clear, respectful way

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  6+ years of experience in digital product design, with 3+ years of people leadership experience managing product designers
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  Experience with building, hiring, and mentoring high-performing teams
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  Have a transparent, candid, and constructive approach to feedback with a keen ability to identify areas of opportunity and improvement
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  Track record of delivering business impact, and can speak to design decisions that drive meaningful product value
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  Strong understanding of how engineering, analytics, and user research intersect with design
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  A portfolio of relevant design work, performed by you and the teams you've led, that demonstrates your ability to create products that people love