UX Design Manager

We help the world run better
At SAP we keep it simple: you bring your best to us and well bring out the best in you. Were builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce and we need your unique talents to help shape whats next. The work is challenging but it matters. Youll find a place where you can be yourself prioritize your wellbeing and truly belong. Whats in it for you Constant learning skill growth great benefits and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

Our UX team in Palo Alto is looking for a Manager User Experience Design to manage and grow the team of UX Designers

What youll do:

The Manager User Experience should have a unique combination of creative & leadership skills to be successful in this role. They will be responsible for delivering UX designs for several applications in the Procurement Area. Duties and responsibilities include but not limited to:

Manage coach and mentor a team of seasoned and new UX designers

Work with Product Management to understand priorities and roadmap

Work with Program Management to share schedules track dependencies plan capacity and highlight risks

Work with engineering to deliver designs iterate based on constraints and push a UX centric vision

Interface with customers & users alongside UX research team to get user feedback

Collaborate with other UX leaders within Procurement and across SAP for information sharing and learning

Advocate User Centric Design processes with stakeholders and peers in Product Management and Engineering

Manage the end-to-end project backlog priority and schedule for the applications responsible for

Introduce a Scrum & Agile mindset within the design system team with backlogs priorities burn-down ceremonies etc.

Partner with UX research team to ensure effective research is planned for and conducted for applications

Partner with UX Design Systems team within and across SAP to drive consistency and reuse

Place individuals in roles and assignments that contribute to their personal and career development

Hold yourself and your team accountable for setting and meeting departmental goals

Inspire and gain the commitment of others towards the vision mission values and organizational goals

What youll bring:

Bachelors degree in art Design HCI Interaction and/or equivalent practical experience.

7 years of experience including a leadership role creating strategy and designing products.

Prior experience leading user experience projects and teams

Experience working with designers product managers and engineers.

Experience integrating research programs throughout the life cycle including experience with digital global products.

Experience managing scrum and agile teams

Solid communication skills with the ability to articulate positions and advocate designs.

Excellent managerial and operational skills.

Meet your team

We are SAPs Procurement UX Team part of the ISBN organization. Our organizational goal is to deliver procurement products that meet our customers needs and expectations. The UX team is a globally distributed team based in Palo Alto Bengaluru Europe and Brazil. Our teams goal is to bring consumer-like ease to large-scale enterprise products. We are a team of passionate UX colleagues who aims are passionate about delighting users with meaningful user experience and reducing complexity.

Bring out your best
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database analytics intelligent technologies and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide we are purpose-driven and future-focused with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries people or platforms we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion
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Requisition ID: 448007 Work Area: Software-User Experience Expected Travel: 0 - 10% Career Status: Management Employment Type: Regular Full Time Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid