Senior Manager - Product Design

📋 Description

• Leading a team of Product Designers to create innovative end-to-end experiences for CarMax.

• Translating business strategies into digital-first experiences that are measurable and scalable based on customer insights and brand knowledge.

• Establishing a vision for future experiences in collaboration with Product, Strategy, and Engineering teams to drive growth and ensure experience cohesion and quality.

• Developing a team of talented Product Designers to deliver on standards, foster collaboration, and effective communication.

• Communicating a clear experience vision to stakeholders that simplifies complexity and leads with a human-centered approach.

• Informing and advocating for the vision and standards for CarMax experience design and practices.

• Establishing priorities and objectives for a Product Program in partnership with Product and Engineering leadership to realize the Product Vision.

• Championing consumer needs, opportunities, and pain points to inform an iterative design and discovery process.

• Managing the creation of visual artifacts to articulate, inform, and validate ideas within our design system practices.

• Staying updated on tools, principles, and practices in experience design and development to advocate for continuous improvement.

• Leading productive meetings and brainstorming sessions while creating clear role expectations to advance UX practices.

• Developing associates to achieve their full potential through guidance, feedback, and training.

• Managing resources for product roadmap alignment with business needs and associate growth goals.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum 8 years' experience in user experience and UX design/development.

• At least 2 years of experience in leading user experience teams.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.

• Portfolio demonstrating experience design, creativity, and knowledge of best practices for UX Design, Visual Design, and Front End Development.

• Strong passion for technology and design with a commitment to staying updated on industry trends.

• Excellent communication skills to convey complex concepts to stakeholders at all levels.

• Collaborative work approach with the ability to balance customer needs and business goals.

• Experience in facilitating brainstorming sessions, product discovery, and user research.

• Proficiency in UX Design principles and deliverables, including rapid prototyping and user personas.

• Ability to provide objective feedback on interface design and strong critical thinking skills.

• Experience in mentoring others in UX design methodologies and best practices.

• Experience in designing solutions for web, mobile, and tablet applications with Agile development processes.

• Knowledge of responsive/adaptive design and e-commerce is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package

• Opportunity for professional growth and development

• Dynamic and collaborative work environment