Manager – Product Design

Description

The Manager, Product Design will lead a team of designers working on Ring's mobile and web app experience. This leader will direct an international team of designers to create intuitive, cohesive experiences that help customers make the most of their Ring devices. They will drive AI-enabled innovations, establish scalable design systems, and elevate product quality while maintaining efficient delivery. The ideal candidate will thrive in a dynamic environment, effectively balancing craft excellence with practical execution across multiple work streams. This position requires flexibility to work across multiple time zones.

Key job responsibilities
• Lead an international team of UX designers in a dynamic environment, helping shape emerging opportunities and navigate complex challenges
• Partner with content design, product management, and engineering leadership to align design with business goals
• Lead strategic AI adoption initiatives that that empowers designers to tackle bigger challenges and deliver breakthrough experiences
• Use data analytics to inform design decisions and present to stakeholders
• Guide teams toward cohesive approaches while clearly communicating complex concepts
• Set design vision and optimize team structures to meet objectives
• Balance design solutions with technical constraints and customer needs
• Foster cross-functional collaboration and innovation
• Develop and mentor designers within the organization
• Represent product design at the executive level

A day in the life
You'll lead a product design team focused on Ring's mobile and web experiences. You'll set objectives for the design organization alongside product management and engineering leaders, champion both data-driven design decisions and ambitious AI adoption initiatives. You'll optimize user experiences through analytics while exploring new AI-enabled possibilities that push our product innovation forward. You'll ensure design execution aligns with product strategy and design systems, mentor your team, and collaborate with cross-functional partners across global time zones. You'll drive initiatives that improve how customers interact with and get value from Ring's ecosystem of products and services.

About the team
The Product and Design Group (PDG) is a collaborative, multi-disciplinary organization of designers, engineers, writers, researchers, product managers, and program managers working together to bring the Ring/Blink/Amazon Key/Amazon Sidewalk (RBKS) product vision to life. We enjoy what we do, have big ideas, and tackle complex problems by taking risks that drive global solutions. In every work stream, we immerse ourselves in insights, and invent on behalf of our customers. We brainstorm scenarios they will benefit from and solutions to pain points—crafting innovative products that aim to connect the physical and digital customer journey.

Basic Qualifications

- 7+ years of design experience
- 4+ years of leading design teams experience
- Experience managing teams
- Knowledge of best practices for information architecture and interaction design, user-centered design process
- Knowledge of user experience principles and techniques
- Experience with a variety of design tools such as Figma, Adobe CC, Fireworks, Visio, Axure, and Dreamweaver
- Demonstrated experience researching, evaluating, and deploying AI tools within a design organization

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience working cross-team and synthesize feedback and input from product management, engineering, testing, and marketing
- Experience with agile/scrum

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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