Sr. Manager, Product Design Growth

This role will be based in Sunnyvale.

At LinkedIn we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office depending on whats best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.

LinkedIns vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our global Product Design team advances this vision through quality inclusive design. Were passionate about designing an equal fair and accessible platform thats modern engaging and responsible.

Our products help professionals all over the world stay connected informed and productive. The LinkedIn ecosystem is about more than just job hunting. We help create and support active communities while making sales marketing learning and recruiting more successful and delightful.

This role will be part of the Growth team focusing on Top of Funnel which includes everything from SEO Guest Experience Emails App Activations Onboarding first 28 days of a member experience and Retaining and Resurrecting Infrequent Members. The TOF Design team is the front door experience of LinkedIn and is responsible for expanding LinkedIns Vision of bringing economic opportunity to every member of the global workforce through understanding and delivering value to the fringes of our potential and existing member base.

The role also leads design for our Moonshot opportunities where we incubate new bets including our very successful and fun LinkedIn Games. The Moonshots team works in an agile way to launch quickly and iteratively test ideas based on our members feedback. This is a great opportunity to reimagine new value that LinkedIn can provide to its 1 billion members.

Why lead the Product Design team at LinkedIn

• Get the resources you need to hire grow and retain top design talent

• Develop deep understanding of a dynamic complex product ecosystem 

• Were committed to compassionate empathetic leadership

• We value inclusivity and trust the foundations of a well-supported team

Youll shape the future of the business in collaboration with product and engineering partners and design teams across the organization. Come lead a diverse empowered team designing for the worlds workforce. 

Learn more about our design community at

#LinkedInDesign

Responsibilities:

• Define direct and oversee the creative direction of our suite of products

• Proactively seek opportunities to drive marketplace growth and integrate with other LinkedIn business solutions

• Effectively communicate ideas design rationale and specifics of the design approach

• Create holistic design solutions that address business brand and user requirements

• Manage coach and provide directed feedback to product designers and leads to deliver the final product

Application Requirements:

• To be considered for this position you must include your portfolio website or other samples of work.

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree in graphic design design communication human-computer interaction or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience managing and directing creative projects

• Experience directing and guiding a team through a complete lifecycle of several launched projects

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong experience in providing vision and guidance that helps shape the future of the business

• Experience managing senior individual contributors and managers  

• Exceptional ability to influence on other product areas across the organization; Drives strategy and vision across the business area 

• Exceptional ability to delivers design solutions that grow the business area and create new value for members/customers

• Exceptional ability to develop teams of designers to become the next generation of key contributors - promoting sharing work openly and welcoming feedback 

• Mastery in solving unstructured problems that have many dependencies and may have lengthy timelines; Seeks out ambiguity and transforms it into effective actionable plans with cross-functional partners 

Suggested Skills:

• Product Thinking

• Visual Design

• Interaction Design

• Storytelling

• Leadership

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.  

The pay range for this role is  $185000 to $299000. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set years & depth of experience certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations.    

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus stock benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For additional information visit: Information :

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Employment Type :

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