Senior Manager, Product Design
Senior Manager, Product Design
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Job Description
Join Udemy. Help define the future of learning.
Udemy is an AI-powered skills acceleration platform built to help people and teams grow. Its personalized practical and focused on real-world impact.
Our mission is simple: to transform lives through learning. Your work helps people around the world build skills they can use whether theyre picking up something new or leveling up to stay ahead.
Over 80 million learners and 17000 businesses already learn with Udemy. If youre excited by change energized by learning and ready to have a real impact youll feel right at home.
Learn more about us on our company page.
Where we work
Udemy is a global company headquartered in San Francisco with additional U.S. offices in Denver and Austin and international hubs in Australia India Ireland Mexico and Trkiye. This is an in-office position requiring three days a week in the office (Tuesday Wednesday Thursday) and flexibility on Mondays and Fridays.
About this role
As a key member of Udemys design leadership team reporting to the VP of Design & Research you will be responsible for the design of our Instructor Tools and Globalization Design across web and mobile platforms. You will be hands-on and very closely collaborate with your peers and cross functional teams to ensure consistent experiences across teaching and learning our checkout process and to adapt our UX to regional requirements globally.
Your diverse background will guide the development of products and features utilized by millions of learners and thousands of companies this player-coach role you will actively visualize and prototype the next generation of Udemy product features while mentoring your team to scale our vision across various screens and devices.
You will champion the needs of learners and instructors dedicated to discovering refining and building new professional skills collaborating on a design vision that solidifies our position as the premier learning product. Your efforts will help customers advance their lives and careers through learning. Leading a design team you will collaborate closely with product managers researchers engineers marketers content strategists and top instructors to prioritize create and deliver simple elegant and user-friendly features across all platforms. Your keen design sense and leadership experience will elevate the teams work to high-quality state-of-the-art design. As Udemys global UX team continues to thrive you will play an influential role in recruiting and hiring designers for your team and beyond.
Heres What You Will Do
Provide hands-on design leadership across our Instructor and Globalization design team to maximize impact for instructors customers and learners globally.
Collaborate with design peers to drive a coherent visually appealing and high-performing UX across all platforms.
Simplify complex problems by employing advanced UX strategies to create high-performing and polished design solutions.
Document and operationalize design solutions to enable efficient scaling.
Contribute to design processes and internal project planning for Udemys product design team.
Partner closely with stakeholders across the company to ensure seamless introduction of new products and features with exceptional user experiences.
Own and advocate for the design and experience vision of our products.
About your skills
- Strong Communication Skills: You excel in articulating complex technical concepts clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical stakeholders fostering a collaborative and transparent work environment.
- Leadership and Mentorship Abilities: You have a track record of inspiring and empowering team members providing guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth within the team.
- Adaptability and Learning Agility: You thrive in dynamic environments quickly adapting to new technologies methodologies and challenges. Your eagerness to learn and ability to pivot effectively contribute to the teams success in a rapidly evolving industry.
- Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking: You approach challenges with a logical and analytical mindset systematically analyzing problems identifying root causes and devising innovative solutions that address both short-term needs and long-term objectives.
Were Excited to Have You Because You Have
10 years of experience in UX product design and visual design for web and mobile products; experience with other device classes is a plus.
More than 5 years of experience leading design teams mentoring and fostering growth in product design teams.
Exceptional design taste with a sharp eye for detail in user experiences; fluency in video-based products mobile and game design is advantageous.
Proficiency in state of the art design tools design for enterprise tools user research design processes design systems early usability studies and an iterative approach to product development and deployment.
A proven track record of guiding teams through product releases featuring user-facing designs from inception to completion.
Experience in developing UX for AI solutions subscription services or e-learning platforms is beneficial.
Superior communication skills with the ability to facilitate diverse groups of stakeholders and inspire cross-departmental collaboration.
Success in building and mentoring teams by cultivating a positive team culture and strong working relationships with enthusiasm to continue this at Udemy.
A portfolio showcasing projects that demonstrate your problem-solving process and leadership in achieving pixel-perfect design solutions.
A passion for joining a design team dedicated to transforming lives worldwide through learning.
Fluency in spoken and written English is required.
Why work here
Youll grow here.
Learning is part of the job. Youll get full access to Udemy courses a monthly UDay to invest in yourself and a budget to spend on whatever helps you improve. Many people are diving into AI lately but what you focus on is up to you.
AI is real here.
We use it in the way we learn and the way we work. Youll have the space and tools to experiment apply and get better at using AI in practical ways.
Youll own your work.
We trust people to lead make decisions and follow through. You dont need to wait for permission or layers of approval to have an impact.
Youll build with others.
We collaborate openly and shape ideas together. Everyone has a voice and good thinking is welcomed from any direction.
Youll see your impact.
What you build helps people grow their skills change their careers or find a path forward. Youve got the experience why not use it to help others gain theirs
Bring your curiosity. Well bring the platform and the support. Lets LEARNtogether.
Our Benefits Start with U
Our benefits start with you and were built to provide you and your family with the protection and care you need making it easy to access the right coverage when you need it most. Benefits vary by region and we encourage applicants to review our Australia Benefits India Benefits Ireland Benefits Mexico BenefitsTurkiye Benefits & US Benefitspages to get an understanding of some of the benefits we offer. For details on region-specific benefits please refer to the information provided during the hiring process.
At Udemy we value diversity and inclusion and consider qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex national origin ancestry age genetic information sexual orientation gender identity marital or family status veteran status medical condition or disability. We understand that not everyone will match each of the qualifications. However we also realize that everyone has unique experiences that can add value to our company. Even if you think your background might not perfectly align wed love to hear from you!
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Senior Manager
Employment Type
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