Director of Product Design and UX

Samsung Ads is an intuitive audience platform that delivers meaningful experiences reaching the right audience across Smart TV, mobile, and desktop.

With more than 50M Smart TVs and 200M connected devices, and the largest first party data set powered by ACR, we help marketers reach targets and enhance experiences that span digital landscapes.

The business has grown 10x since 2015.

The Role :

As the Director of Product Design and User Experience, you will lead the design, development, and growth of our self-serve Ad Platform.

You will partner closely with cross-functional teams, external partners, and customers to identify opportunities to monetize Samsung’s unique positioning, data, and media assets through seamless Ad buying experiences.

Responsibilities :

• Lead a team of product designers, UX researchers, and creative technologists in a fast-paced, high growth, dynamic, agile environment
• Manage technical product and design projects from concept to launch
• Managing competing priorities, assess risks, measure progress, and provide escalation management to mitigate bottlenecks and ensure project success
• Act as a liaison between leadership and organization to foster innovation
• Collaborate with cross-functional leads
• Have a specific and clear vision for a high performing, best-in-class Product Design and UX Research team, build the function to that vision, and continuously improve
• Drive collaboration and innovation, empowering the team to do their best work through coaching and mentorship
• Be opinionated and provide hands-on guidance and direction, while ensuring the teams are able to also identify opportunities and independently creative
• Oversee concept development, from ideation to execution, aligning with HQ and other cross-functional priorities
• Promote excellent design at Samsung and new ways of innovating to set the bar high
• Champion our mission at the executive levels of the organization
• Routinely deliver significant business impact to our internal and external customers

Required Skills & Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, or equivalent with 10-15+ years’ experience
• 5+ years’ experience in leading and managing medium to large-sized multi-disciplinary UX teams
• B2B advertising software experience required
• Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining successful, influential working relationships at all levels of an organization
• Experience managing remote and distributed teams
• Comfortable with ambiguity and pivoting when needed
• Demonstrated experience driving change, being open to new possibilities, and focusing on business impact
• Demonstrated a history of balancing business requirements, technological capabilities, and user insights to deliver great products
• Demonstrated history of ensuring highly collaborative and iterative solution design across functions during product development
• Solid understanding of existing and emerging technologies, their boundaries, and how they apply in the context of consumer products
• Excellent presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex concepts and generate enthusiasm among senior stakeholders

Mountain View, CA and New York, NY candidates only- the salary range for this role is expected to be between $220,000 and $250,000.

Actual pay will be determined considering factors such as relevant skills and experience, and comparison to other employees in the role