Group Product Design Manager - Earner

Uber; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 256,000; Full time

Job summary

Uber is seeking a Senior Design Manager to lead a team focused on enhancing the Earner experience. This role involves collaborating with various teams to create user-centric designs, requiring strong leadership and extensive product design experience. The position is based in San Francisco, offering a competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Bonus program

Equity award

Various benefits

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Product Design experience.
• 5+ years of management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of designers focused on user-centric experiences.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to craft vision and strategies.
• Run design reviews and own projects.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Analytical Skills

Job description

About the Role

Uber Design teams are dedicated to not only functionality but also to creating joy and delight. Our work sparks opportunity and transforms the way the world moves. We design for people of all backgrounds and abilities across the globe.

Uber is seeking a Senior Design Manager to lead and grow a team of designers focused on shaping the future of the Earner experience. In this role, you will have the opportunity to impact how millions of Uber's Drivers and Couriers earn their livelihood while supporting Uber’s global operations. You’ll collaborate with engineers, data scientists, product managers, and some of the world’s best designers and researchers in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

As a Senior Design Manager, you will lead the creation and delivery of delightful, user-centric experiences for people worldwide.

This role requires systems thinking, exceptional execution, bold innovation, a commitment to quality, and a deep passion for solving customer challenges.

What You Will Do

1. You'll collaborate with design and cross-functional collaborators to help craft the vision and strategies behind some of the most important and exciting initiatives in the company.
2. Set the bar high by knowing what quality looks like and how to help product teams ship at that quality with minimal impact on velocity.
3. Hire and coach designers to become the collaborative glue that inspires product management and engineering while also developing their competencies at envisioning what could be.
4. Be the voice of the customer and champion solving user problems
5. Help designers develop a wide array of hard and soft skills based on their career goals and what the team needs
6. Run design reviews, crits, sprints, and own some of your own projects.
7. You should feel comfortable changing elevations quickly, from high-level critical thinking to evaluating research, interaction, and design execution.

Basic Qualifications

1. 10+ years of Product Design experience
2. 5+ years of management experience, leading and growing product design teams
3. Clear and effective written, verbal, and visual communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

1. Demonstrate long-term thinking around strategic and business-focused activities.
2. Will have shipped many successful software products with a significant impact on the user experience and business. 0-1 experience is a plus.
3. Extensive experience conducting and/or collaborating with user research and data science to demonstrate their respective insights
4. Will have managed and mentored both junior and more senior product designers.
5. Proven track record to provide thought leadership and guide a team towards achieving a common goal.
6. Excellent communication and analytical skills.
7. Experience in multi-sided marketplaces, AI, or autonomous vehicles is a plus

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$230,000 per year - USD$255,500 per year.

You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber’s cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.