UXDesignManager

Are you excited to focus on the experience for millions of kids across the world? Does leading a team in the creation of kids and parents experiences give you energy? Imagine being a part of a team where your ideas have the potential to reach millions. Welcome to the Kids design team within the Devices & Services Experience Design (DxD) organization. Everyone on the Kids design team has a meaningful impact on the user experience for both children and their parents. As Amazon Kids continues to evolve, we are looking for a talented Design Manager to lead the team. Key job responsibilities - Lead a team of designers responsible for end-to-end child and parent experiences. - Manage the user experience design of multiple large programs through leading a design team. - Cultivate and maintain frameworks and mechanisms that increase the propagation of high-quality designs while focusing designer time on the most complex, impactful work. - Model behavior that exemplifies Amazon Leadership Principles and raise the design bar for the organization. - Provide coaching and feedback, with an emphasis on growing individual contributors and leadership capability. - Working closely with cross-functional teams to help define business and feature requirements, user scenarios and use cases. - Influencing and driving designers to contribute to the central DxD design system. - Drive operational excellence across the team that cultivates a positive environment and inclusive culture. - Partner with leaders across disciplines (product, tech, research, marketing) to influence the strategic direction. A day in the life On a typical day, you might lead a design critique for a new parental controls flow, align with Product and Engineering on an upcoming launch milestone, and coach a designer through a complex interaction challenge. You'll balance strategic planning—shaping the vision for how kids engage with Alexa, FireTV, and tablet experiences—with hands-on leadership like reviewing prototypes