Senior User Experience Design Manager

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. 

We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!

The Opportunity

Adobe Design, our 750+ person global experience design group, is looking for aUser Experience Designer to lead design efforts for Adobe Learning Manager, one of the fastest growing products in Adobe's DALP(Digital Advertising, Learning and Publishing) business. We work on market leading products in the spaces of digital learning, highly interactive webinars, advertising, sophisticated multi-format documentation and more.

Come help us build the next generation of tools that will redefine the way people meet, learn and work. You will work with some of the best design talent in this part of the globe and collaborate with a global design community working on some of the most exciting ideas on the planet.

What you'll Do

• As a Senior Design Manager, you will partner with and own an ensemble of talented designers to design and craft experiences Adobe. We’re looking for a natural leader who can inspire, organize, and nurture a team. We are customer-obsessed and strive to create inviting, simple, and accessible experiences for the modern, connected world. The ideal candidate should have a strong design background and a proven track record to deliver compelling user experiences, work optimally in a cross-organization, geographically distributed environment, and exercise leadership to make an impact.

  What you need to succeed

• Partner with Product, Research, Engineering, and Marketing to define the key objectives and identify the most impactful features to build.

• Champion an environment of creativity, ingenuity, and forward-thinking to build valuable solutions for users.

• Lead and strengthen a team of designers to craft innovative and compelling experiences.

• Build a collaborative environment that encourages deep partnership with cross-functional teams and set a high bar for design craft.

• Champion a culture of research and validation to inform design direction.

• Represent the team as you influence design and cross-functional leaders.

• 12+ years in the product design industry with experience in launching products that delight, innovate, and scale by turning complex problems into simple engaging customer experiences.

• 5+ years of people management and leadership experience with a track record of success in hiring, training, and developing designers ranging from junior talent to highly experienced individual contributors.

• Experience helping your team conduct research, present results, and develop plans to align design decisions with user insights and business objectives.

• Experience working in large global teams with many moving parts.

• Willingness to learn about sophisticated subject matter and champion the needs of non-relatable users.

• Champion customer-centricity, accessibility and inclusion, and good design choices across functions.

• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.

How to apply

To be considered for this role, please submit your resume and portfolio demonstrating relevant work examples. If your portfolio is password protected, please include the password in your resume.

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