Senior Design Leader

Think Design Collaborative; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Innovative work environment

Collaborative team structure

Job summary

A leading design consultancy is seeking a seasoned Senior Design Leader in Bangalore, India. The role requires a minimum of 10 years' experience in UX design and exceptional people management skills. You'll lead teams to deliver quality projects, manage profitability, and mentor designers. Join us to foster innovation and make a measurable impact in a collaborative studio environment. This full-time position offers a unique opportunity to shape design strategies for renowned organizations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of core UX Design experience.
• Ability to conduct Design Workshops with leadership teams.
• Understanding of Finance is mandatory.
• Proven ability to run design workshops with leadership teams.
• Experience converting inquiries into design projects and delivering value.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and presentation skills.
• Proven people management within design teams and external partners.
• Financial awareness including revenue, cash flow and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams & projects to on-time and quality delivery.
• Manage profitability of projects & teams.
• Mentor team members and facilitate their learning.
• Guide and mentor Think Design team members and foster learning.
• Stay updated with latest design achievements, practices and trends.
• Travel for short/long durations in India and abroad if required.
• Grow and nurture the Bangalore design team.

Skills

User Experience Design

People Management Skills

Analytical Communication

Time Management

Business Requirement Analysis

Sales enablement

Team management

Finance literacy

Time management

Clear communication

Job description

Think Design Collaborative is looking for a seasoned Senior Design Leader in its Studio.

Skills:

• Work with principal stakeholders & decision makers in client organizations to understand their Business/Organization Goals, User/Customer Behavior, and creating Design Roadmaps & Strategies for their Services & Products
• Ability to decode complex business goals, product & technical content, and Interaction Design in order to create engaging & effective experiences for our clients
• Thorough understanding of User Experience Design
• Ability to conduct Design Workshops with leadership teams from Clients is mandatory
• Should be able to collect & analyse Business Requirements, create Design briefs & proposals, convert sales inquiries into projects & over delivery.
• Hold the capability to speak at industry forums, present Think Design for purpose of Sales, Marketing & PR
• People Management Skills need to be excellent. The role shall demand regular interaction & management of internal teams (Designers & Developers) & external stakeholders (Clients & Vendors)
• Understanding of Finance (Sales, Revenue, Cash, Expense, Profit) is mandatory
• Excellent time-management skills and the ability to quickly prioritize tasks
• Must communicate clearly and effectively; strong analytical and oral communication skills; excellent interpersonal skills

Responsibilities:

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Lead the teams & projects to on-time and quality delivery as agreed by the client

Raise and negotiate issues and risks with senior management of the client

Manage profitability of the projects & teams

As the Senior Lead designer, he/she needs to guide team members well and facilitate their learning in the organization

Stay up-to-date with latest achievements, best practices and trends in design

Should be willing to travel for short/long durations in India and abroad for work

Nurture & grow the Bangalore team.

Minimum 10+ years of core UX Design experience

Thought Leader in Strategic UX Design

Be an inspiring Design leader & mentor to Think Design teams

Should be rooted to Bangalore for long term

Intrapreneural in nature

What Think Design is offering:

• The diversity & impact of our services and client engagements; and the unique way we’re structured as an organization along with a highly innovative work environment—will add immense value to your experience.
• Be part of an organization that is a unique blend of a highly collaborative teams working closely in studio environment, who’re are part of a Global Group (Havas Global).
• Opportunity to help make & gain experience on meaningful & measurable impact on a fast growing organization.

About Think Design:

Think Design is an Award winning UX Strategy firm with expertise in User Research, Data, UI UX Design and CX. Since 2004, we have been powering mission critical initiatives of some of the world’s most renowned organizations and brands, transforming businesses across industries and impacting millions of users through our outcomes.

Think Design was founded by 3 Designers from NID, Ahmedabad, with a motivation to change the design landscape in India. Today, Think Design is part of Havas Group, one of the world’s largest Media & Communications groups with presence in 100+ countries.

To know more about us, please visit https://think.design/.

Seniority Level

Director

Employment Type

Full-time

Job Function

Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

Industries

Design Services, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Software Development