As UXD Manager, you will lead a team of Designers driving the user experience strategy for a set of products focused on search, trip building and the booking flow. The ideal candidate will have a passion for creating intuitive and engaging user interfaces, combined with strong leadership skills to mentor and inspire a team of designers. You will report to the Director of User Experience.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic leadership: Collaborate on the development and implementation of UX strategies and principles that align with Triparc’s business goals and user needs.
• Team management: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of UX designers, providing guidance, feedback, and development opportunities.
• Design leadership: 
  • Manage the design process, ensuring that decisions are made based on insights from user research, comparative analysis, and usability testing, and are in line with business goals and priorities.
  • Guide the team through design refinements to deliver a high-quality user-centric experience for TripArc’s users, while managing the balance between hands-on work and guidance.

• Collaboration: Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and stakeholders, to create cohesive and user-centric solutions. Introduce process improvements to facilitate design iteration. 
• Communication: Provide feedback early and often on deliverables.

Qualifications:

• Online portfolio
• 5+ years in UX design
• 3+ years of leadership experience
• Experience working with remote and in-office teams
• Experience presenting to leadership
• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in User Experience or a related field (human-computer interaction (HCI), psychology, sociology etc.)
• Ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Understanding of HTML/CSS/JS capabilities and limitations
• Experience working with a Design System
• Relentless desire for innovation, balanced with business needs, and customer expectations.
• Curiosity, continuous learning and an open-minded attitude with a growth mindset

Bonus:

• Experience working in travel industry