What are the responsibilities and job description for the Group Product Design Manager - Earner position at Uber?
About The Role
Uber Design teams are dedicated to not only functionality but also to creating joy and delight. Our work sparks opportunity and transforms the way the world moves. We design for people of all backgrounds and abilities across the globe.
Uber is seeking a Group Product Design Manager to lead and grow a team of designers focused on shaping the future of the Earner experience. In this role, you will have the opportunity to impact how millions of Uber's Drivers and Couriers earn their livelihood while supporting Uber's global operations. You'll collaborate with engineers, data scientists, product managers, and some of the world's best designers and researchers in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
As a Group Product Design Manager, you will lead the creation and delivery of delightful, user-centric experiences for people worldwide.
This role requires systems thinking, exceptional execution, bold innovation, a commitment to quality, and a deep passion for solving customer challenges.
What You Will Do
Uber Design teams are dedicated to not only functionality but also to creating joy and delight. Our work sparks opportunity and transforms the way the world moves. We design for people of all backgrounds and abilities across the globe.
Uber is seeking a Group Product Design Manager to lead and grow a team of designers focused on shaping the future of the Earner experience. In this role, you will have the opportunity to impact how millions of Uber's Drivers and Couriers earn their livelihood while supporting Uber's global operations. You'll collaborate with engineers, data scientists, product managers, and some of the world's best designers and researchers in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
As a Group Product Design Manager, you will lead the creation and delivery of delightful, user-centric experiences for people worldwide.
This role requires systems thinking, exceptional execution, bold innovation, a commitment to quality, and a deep passion for solving customer challenges.
What You Will Do
- You'll collaborate with design and cross-functional collaborators to help craft the vision and strategies behind some of the most important and exciting initiatives in the company.
- Set the bar high by knowing what quality looks like and how to help product teams ship at that quality with minimal impact on velocity.
- Hire and coach designers to become the collaborative glue that inspires product management and engineering while also developing their competencies at envisioning what could be.
- Be the voice of the customer and champion solving user problems
- Help designers develop a wide array of hard and soft skills based on their career goals and what the team needs
- Run design reviews, crits, sprints, and own some of your own projects.
- You should feel comfortable changing elevations quickly, from high-level critical thinking to evaluating research, interaction, and design execution.
- 10 years of Product Design experience
- 5 years of management experience, leading and growing product design teams
- Clear and effective written, verbal, and visual communication skills
- Demonstrate long-term thinking around strategic and business-focused activities.
- Will have shipped many successful software products with a significant impact on the user experience and business. 0-1 experience is a plus.
- Extensive experience conducting and/or collaborating with user research and data science to demonstrate their respective insights
- Will have managed and mentored both junior and more senior product designers.
- Proven track record to provide thought leadership and guide a team towards achieving a common goal.
- Excellent communication and analytical skills.
- Experience in multi-sided marketplaces, AI, or autonomous vehicles is a plus
Salary : $225,000 - $250,000