Sr Manager, Design Excellence, Design Excellence
The Amazon Device and Services Design Group (DDG) is a multidisciplinary design team that is responsible for product UX (e.
g.
Echo, Fire TV, Fire Tablets, Alexa Mobile), designing future experiences, and establishing a thriving design practice at across all teams at Amazon.
DDG is the home of the Amazon Design Excellence Team, whose mission is to make Amazon the best place on Earth to work for designers and creatives by leveraging creativity as a tool to foster community, culture and careers.
The Amazon Design Excellence team's charter is to elevate the impact of design both internally and externally.
We believe that a highly motivated and engaged design community will channel the best design outcomes and solutions for our customers.
We are looking for a leader to partner closely with the design leadership community across Amazon, to define and drive design excellence.
Success in this role requires the ability to engage and influence large groups of diverse stakeholders, both internal and external, and operate at a strategic level with senior executives, while simultaneously being able to dive deep into the details of each project stream.
In this role, you will evaluate the health of the design community across Amazon and set goals that prioritize and grow innovative programs that activate design, invest in designers, and equip design teams to do their best work on behalf of customers.
You will lead a team that will think big and innovate to deliver scalable programs that grow design culture and careers at Amazon.
You will work to identify best practices and build processes that scale for all organizational models across the company and elevate the impact of design within every team and at every level.
Key job responsibilitieso Develop strategies that drive design excellence and define a long-term roadmap for the Amazon Design Communityo Lead global efforts to drive the implementation of strategic initiatives in the way designers worko Drive cross-disciplinary and cross-org design experimentation; own change management and communication for any transformations introduced for the design functiono Actively partner and engage with multi-disciplinary leaders to drive buy in, funding and cross-functional adoption of design team initiativeso Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that may impair the team's ability to meet strategic, financial, and design goalso Develop solutions and lead programs that elevate design and improve the employee experience for designerso Proactively Influence and impact design executives across Amazon through data, design industry trends and insightso Collaborate with key design community stakeholders (Amazon Design Leadership, Amazon Design Community, Strategic Recruiting Team)o Advocate for employees and the design community inside and outside of AmazonWe are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Seattle, WA, USA.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
g.
Echo, Fire TV, Fire Tablets, Alexa Mobile), designing future experiences, and establishing a thriving design practice at across all teams at Amazon.
DDG is the home of the Amazon Design Excellence Team, whose mission is to make Amazon the best place on Earth to work for designers and creatives by leveraging creativity as a tool to foster community, culture and careers.
The Amazon Design Excellence team's charter is to elevate the impact of design both internally and externally.
We believe that a highly motivated and engaged design community will channel the best design outcomes and solutions for our customers.
We are looking for a leader to partner closely with the design leadership community across Amazon, to define and drive design excellence.
Success in this role requires the ability to engage and influence large groups of diverse stakeholders, both internal and external, and operate at a strategic level with senior executives, while simultaneously being able to dive deep into the details of each project stream.
In this role, you will evaluate the health of the design community across Amazon and set goals that prioritize and grow innovative programs that activate design, invest in designers, and equip design teams to do their best work on behalf of customers.
You will lead a team that will think big and innovate to deliver scalable programs that grow design culture and careers at Amazon.
You will work to identify best practices and build processes that scale for all organizational models across the company and elevate the impact of design within every team and at every level.
Key job responsibilitieso Develop strategies that drive design excellence and define a long-term roadmap for the Amazon Design Communityo Lead global efforts to drive the implementation of strategic initiatives in the way designers worko Drive cross-disciplinary and cross-org design experimentation; own change management and communication for any transformations introduced for the design functiono Actively partner and engage with multi-disciplinary leaders to drive buy in, funding and cross-functional adoption of design team initiativeso Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that may impair the team's ability to meet strategic, financial, and design goalso Develop solutions and lead programs that elevate design and improve the employee experience for designerso Proactively Influence and impact design executives across Amazon through data, design industry trends and insightso Collaborate with key design community stakeholders (Amazon Design Leadership, Amazon Design Community, Strategic Recruiting Team)o Advocate for employees and the design community inside and outside of AmazonWe are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Seattle, WA, USA.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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