Amazon

Technology

UXManager

$166–226k New York, New York, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“UX Manager at Amazon. Skills: UX Management, Advertising Design, Device Integration. Own design delivery pipeline. Establish culture of urgency”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver measurable results for advertisers; Ship high-quality advertising experiences; Get experiences into market fast; Increase efficiency; Increase speed-to-market; Increase scalability

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Navigate ambiguity; Bring clarity to complex problems; Find common ground; Resolve ambiguity; Troubleshooting

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

6+ years design experience, 3+ years leading design teams, Experience leading design teams in problem definition, Experience leading design teams in artifact rendering, Experience leading design teams in cross-functional collaboration, Experience leading design teams in delivery, Experience leading design teams in user validation, Experience leading design teams in measurement, Experience delivering design solutions for large scope projects, Experience building and growing relationships with partners, Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams, Experience designing for device-based platforms, Experience designing for living-room platforms, Experience designing for embedded platforms, Experience designing and prototyping with Figma, Experience designing and prototyping with Adobe Creative Cloud

Nice to Have

Experience working cross-team, Synthesize feedback from product management, Synthesize feedback from engineering, Synthesize feedback from testing, Synthesize feedback from marketing, Experience with agile/scrum, Experience with voice interface design, Experience with natural language design, Experience with multimodal design, Hands-on experience with generative AI tools

What You'll Do.

Own design delivery pipeline

Establish culture of urgency

Streamline decision-making

Drive rapid iteration cycles

Partner with Engineering and Product

Make smart trade-offs

Measure impact of shipped experiences

Communicate impact of shipped experiences

Build and maintain relationships with publisher teams

Serve as primary UX point of contact

Understand publisher product vision

Understand customer experience bar

Understand technical constraints

Drive cross-publisher alignment

Ensure cohesive advertising experience

Facilitate cross-publisher design reviews

Facilitate alignment forums

Facilitate roadmap syncs

Surface shared opportunities

Build consensus on priorities

Navigate competing publisher priorities

Advocate for customer experience

Balance advertiser needs

Balance publisher goals

Develop unified advertising design language

Lead a team of UX Designers

Mentor a team of UX Designers

Grow a team of UX Designers

Foster culture of craft excellence

Foster culture of experimentation

Foster culture of customer obsession

Design native ad experiences

Design contextual ad experiences

Design additive ad experiences

Champion AI-powered design workflows

Integrate generative AI into creative process

Integrate automation into creative process

Integrate intelligent tooling into creative process

Explore emerging interaction paradigms

Translate paradigms into innovative ad formats

Translate paradigms into shippable ad formats

Translate business goals into design solutions

Translate technical constraints into design solutions

Translate design solutions into customer-centric solutions

Ship design solutions incrementally

Partner with Product Management

Partner with Engineering

Partner with Business stakeholders

Shape advertising roadmap

Ensure UX is strategic driver

Influence across organizational boundaries

Resolve ambiguity on complex initiatives

Establish relationships with partner UX teams

Ensure consistency across customer experience

Ensure coherence across customer experience

Drive efficient delivery

Drive predictable delivery

Build repeatable processes

Ship fast without sacrificing quality

Balance long-term strategic bets

Balance near-term delivery

Manage team's portfolio of work

Use data to inform design decisions

Use research insights to inform design decisions

Use customer feedback to inform design decisions

Measure real-world impact of shipped experiences

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional partners; Publisher teams; Product Management; Engineering; Science; Business stakeholders; Partner UX teams

Communication Scope

Executive presentations; Technical documentation

Process & Methodology

Design delivery pipeline, Roadmap planning, Portfolio management

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