Manager, UX Design, Amazon Advertiser Experience Job at Amazon in New York

Description Are you interested in shaping the future of the Amazon Advertiser experience? We're on a journey to elevate our user experience through data, using customer obsessed design processes, and tools to create and iterate on innovative advertising! In this role, you'll be leading a power house advertising design team to create new and iterate on existing product offerings. Amazon is investing heavily in building a world-class advertising business, and we’re responsible for defining and delivering a collection of self-service advertising products that drive discovery and sales. We deliver billions of ad impressions and millions of clicks daily, and we’re breaking fresh ground to create innovative global products. Because successful advertising starts with a great customer experience, our team works backwards from the shopper to meet the needs of our advertising customers. Key job responsibilities You are a role model, mentor, and motivator. You bring deep expertise in UX design (frameworks, interaction models, prototypes, research). You think big, framing designs in the context of the broader customer experience, and are equally comfortable diving deep into the details. You present design work to partners and executive leadership for review, feedback, and sign-off. You prioritize effectively, use data to inform your decisions, weigh the impact and tradeoffs of decisions, and seek input where needed to drive alignment. You work closely with product and business partners to develop a shared vision and lead a process to define and design experiences that deliver on those shared objectives. You are comfortable navigating from ambiguity to clarity, drawing upon your expertise and design process to create structure. You proactively plan ahead, look around corners, and can see the next step (even when it doesn’t exist yet). You develop processes that drive quality and efficiency to help designers accomplish more than what they could otherwise. A day in the life The Manager of UX Design for the Amazon Advertiser Experience, will elevate the entire team. You will inspire and mentor UX practitioners and partners, leading projects throughout the planning, design, and development cycle. You are expected to think like an owner, always raise the quality of the advertiser experience, and be a relentless advocate for customers and advertisers. You will use your organization and communication skills to bring clarity to chaos, working strategically with other team leaders and team members across the organization. About the team As a central org, the Sponsored Ads Product Design (SAPD) team’s charter is to act as the strategic glue across Amazon Ads. We drive coherence, scalability, and quality within the Sponsored Ads advertiser experience aka “the Console” by making connections across experience teams, and across orgs. We get ahead of the curve by generating creative concepts that look beyond our current roadmap and technical constraints, and we sometimes challenge the status quo and raise difficult questions. Basic Qualifications 6+ years of design experience 3+ years of leading design teams experience Experience managing teams Experience with a variety of design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Visio, Axure, and Dreamweaver Preferred Qualifications Experience working cross-team and synthesize feedback and input from product management, engineering, testing, and marketing Experience with agile/scrum Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $225,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.