Group Product Design Manager, Rider

About The Role

Uber is seeking a Group Product Design Manager to lead and grow a team of designers focused on shaping the future of the Rider Experience. In this role, you will have the opportunity to impact how the world moves, designing for people of all backgrounds and abilities across the globe, leading the creation and delivery of delightful, user-centric experiences.

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. 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.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• 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
• Experience building products for mobile apps, tablets, and web interfaces
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.
  
  

For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$241,000 per year - USD$268,000 per year. For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$241,000 per year - USD$268,000 per year. For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$241,000 per year - USD$268,000 per year. For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits.