Manager Product Design
Manager Product Design
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About Tekion:
Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloudnative automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through one seamless platform. The transformative platform uses cuttingedge technology big data machine learning and AI to seamlessly bring together OEMs retailers/dealers and consumers. With its highly configurable integration and greater customer engagement capabilities Tekion is enabling the best automotive retail experiences ever. Tekion employs close to 3000 people across North America Asia and Europe.
Job Description
We are looking for a Product Design Manager with a strong background in product design an eye for pixelperfect visual and experience leading highperforming design teams. In this role you will define and drive the design vision for our digital retail products ensuring seamless engaging and accessible experiences for consumers. You will collaborate closely with product managers engineers and stakeholders to align design decisions with business goals while mentoring and guiding a team of designers to deliver highquality work. While expertise in product design is the primary requirement having experience in service design is a plus as it can help shape endtoend customer experiences holistically. This role requires a leader who can optimize design operations lead research efforts and leverage data insights to drive confident design decisions. A background in Product Management is a plus.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design strategy and for digital retail solutions across multiple automotive brands.
- Define and advocate for usercentered design principles ensuring our solutions meet the needs of both customers and dealerships.
- Oversee the creation of highfidelity UI designs interaction models and design system components ensuring consistency and scalability.
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teamsincluding engineering product and marketingto translate business objectives into compelling design solutions.
- Conduct user research usability testing and competitive analysis to inform design decisions and validate concepts.
- Establish and maintain design best practices ensuring highquality output with a strong focus on accessibility responsiveness and performance.
- Mentor and coach a team of designers fostering a culture of creativity collaboration and continuous learning.
- Stay current with industry trends emerging technologies and best practices in automotive digital retail to drive design innovation.
- Establish and improve design workflows and processes for efficiency.
- Define and track business product metrics to measure design impact.
- Implement best practices for streamlined and collaboration.
- Build and nurture a highperforming design team.
- Define growth paths review processes and quality benchmarks.
- Provide mentorship and foster a culture of innovation and collaboration
- Ensure endtoend delivery of projects with a structured design approach.
- Define the design process for each project to align with business goals.
- Collaborate closely with crossfunctional teams (PMs Engineers Researchers) to ensure design success.
- Must have prior experience and proficiency in Jira or other project management tools for tracking managing and optimizing workflows effectively
Preferred Skills
- 9 years of experience in product design including 5 years in a leadership role.
- Experience working on automotive digital retail solutions or other complex B2C platforms.
- Understanding of service design methodologies as a complementary skill.
- Knowledge of frontend development principles accessibility standards and responsive design best practices.
- Strong ability to balance strategic vision with handson ensuring both highlevel impact and pixelperfect implementation.
Perks and Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Generous stock options
- Medical Insurance coverage
- Work with some of the brightest minds from Silicon Valleys most dominant and successful Companies
Tekion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race religion color national origin gender (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability victim of violence or having a family member who is a victim of violence the intersectionality of two or more protected categories or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
