Full Time Hire
Hybrid - Richmond, VA
Top Skills' Details
1) 8+ years' experience within the field of user experience and UX design/development
- Experience working in a true product organization and understand what the different roles do
2) 2+ years leading/ managing user experience teams
- Experience having productive performance reviews/conversations with team members
3) Comfortable in a hands on role but also provide thought and people leadership
4) Portfolio or work samples showcasing experience design, creativity, and depth of thought
Description
The Sr Manager, Product Design leads a team of Product Designers in providing innovative end-to-end experiences. Building on their knowledge of the customer, our brand and our omnichannel ecosystem, the Sr Manager translates business strategies into digital-first experiences that are measurable and scalable. In partnership with Product, Strategy and Engineering, the Sr Manager establishes a vision for future experiences that drives growth while holding teams accountable to experience cohesion and quality.
What you will do – Essential Responsibilities
- Develop a team of talented Product Designers to deliver on the vision and standards and to be strong collaborators, facilitators and communicators
- Communicate a clear experience vision to stakeholders that simplifies complexity, generates excitement and leads from human-centeredness
- Inform and champion the vision and standards experience design and its practices
- In partnership with Product and Engineering leadership, establish priorities and objectives for a Product Program that guide teams on their path to realizing our Product Vision for Retail or Supply experiences
- In partnership with Strategy and Product teams, champion and hold teams accountable to understanding consumer needs, opportunities and pain points to continually inform an iterative design and discovery process
- Manage the team’s creation of visual artifacts to articulate, inform and validate ideas (prototypes, wireframes, sketches, journey maps, personas, etc.) building on our design system practices
- Inform and help to evolve the Design System
- Stay current on all the tools, principles and practices in experience design and development, and advocate for continuous improvement.
- Lead and facilitate meetings and brainstorming sessions that are organized and productive
- Create clear role expectations and leverage industry standards to move UX practices forward
- Develop associates to reach their full potential – understand their goals and needs, partner in their development, provide advice, feedback, training and advocacy
- Manage resourcing for product roadmap that aligns with business needs and associate growth goals
Qualifications and Requirements:
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- 8+ years' experience within the field of user experience and UX design/development
- 2+ years leading user experience teams
- BA/BS degree
- Portfolio or work samples showcasing experience design, creativity, and depth of thought coupled with fluency in best practices for UX Design, Visual Design and
- Passion for technology and design, and the drive to stay on top of industry trends and best practices
- Persuasive communicator – able to explain complex or intangible concepts to stakeholders at all levels
- Good listener – weighs input from multiple perspectives when forming opinions and recommendations
- Collaborative and team-oriented work approach
Core Skills:
- Solid understanding of user-centered design processes and ability to balance customer needs with business goals in developing solutions
- Experience facilitating brainstorming and product discovery sessions and getting consensus among a large, diverse group of stakeholders
- Experience leveraging user research
- Strong UX Design principles and deliverables, including rapid prototyping, site maps, information architecture, user personas, wireframes, flows, etc.
- Ability to convert ideas quickly into design artifacts
- Strong Visual Design principles and deliverables
- Ability to perform interface design critiques and supply objective feedback to designers
- Strong critical thinking and analysis skills
- Able to manage, train and mentor others in UX design methodologies and best practices
- Experience designing solutions for web, mobile, and tablet applications
- Experience with Agile development processes
- Responsive/adaptive design experience
Experience Level
Expert Level
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $150000.00 - $160000.00/yr.
Annual Bonus - 15%
Stock/Equity - 15%
401k
Unlimited PTO
Benefits
Car Discount up to $3000 off
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Richmond,VA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Jul 9, 2025.
h4>About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services
We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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