UX Product Design Manager

At Promethean... We're on a mission to transform the way people learn and collaborate around the world. For over 25 years, we've been empowering educators, innovators, and business leaders with our award-winning interactive displays and software solutions that transform learning and workspaces into connected, creative environments.

Our company is rooted in our , igniting a culture that fosters collaboration and innovation, as well as promoting an inclusive environment.

As a global leader in edtech, we are also passionate about four key areas where we can make a difference : growing access to technology for underserved communities, encouraging our employees to take an active role in improving our world, promoting diversity and inclusion, and reducing our carbon footprint.

Discover more about our initiatives. As a member of #TeamPromethean, you'll have the opportunity to change lives with technology and directly impact education and the workplace for countless people every day.

If you're passionate about education, collaboration, and making a positive global impact, we want to hear from you. Join us on our mission to transform the world, one student, one teacher, and one community at a time.

The UX Product Design Manager oversees an entire product vertical within our portfolio of products and manages the associated design team.

This is not an ivory tower management role; the incumbent should expect to contribute at the individual level as needed.

They will be the expert on design decisions made for their product vertical and will knowingly share competitive insights and identify areas of UX and design opportunity.

This role connects design initiatives to the product vision and aligns them to the larger organization's goals, strategy, and objectives for their team.

They create the visual and functional requirements for the products in their domain, work with Product Manager's (PM) and engineering to create epics and stories, understand technical limitations and specifications, and ensure product features are built to spec.

They govern the design system for their vertical, ensuring that components are built correctly and updated as needed. They also work with the UX Design Director to present strategies, design decisions, and future design vision to executive leadership.

The UX Product Design Manager develops processes, sets standards, evaluates progress, and manages designers on their team.

They also oversee budgets, vendors, contracts, and hiring decisions within their domain. As a UX Product Design Manager you will.

• Manage a team of UX designers for a product area in our product portfolio
• Serve as an individual contributor (IC) UX Designer as needed Define and oversee the implementation of visual and functional specifications
• Lead design discovery, ideation, framing, and planning for product area Be an expert on the entire product vertical - it's users, features, business goals, strategy, vision, and competition Work with PM's and engineering to create epics / stories, understand technical limitations and specifications, and ensure product features are built to spec Connect team design initiatives to the product vision and align them to the larger organization's vision, strategy, and objectives Initiate, plan, and deliver user testing of design work at critical junctures to validate (or invalidate) design decisions and pivot accordingly Assess the success of design solutions by collecting and parsing user analytics and product metrics Keep abreast of user needs, design trends, and industry updates, and radiating that information across the team Serve as a liaison between design, product management, engineering, and marketing to provide fluid communication regarding design decisions Connect the dots between other internal and agency work so that there is consistency across the product portfolio Govern the design system for product vertical; identify components, t
1 day ago