UX Product Manager

1872 Consulting; Redwood City (CA); Remote; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a UX Product Manager to oversee a team of designers and researchers. This fully remote position, aimed at creating robust user experiences, requires strong management skills and a deep understanding of UX principles. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in product design and demonstrate a proven track record of managing teams and implementing innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Product Design experience with a strong portfolio.
• 2+ years of Management experience, guiding designers.
• Expertise in UX software and principles.

Responsibilities

• Translate concepts into user flows, wireframes, and prototypes.
• Facilitate product vision through user testing.
• Guide designers to creatively solve UX problems.

Skills

UX principles

Prototyping

User research

Analytical skills

Creative design

Tools

Figma

Sketch

InVision

UXPin

Job description

UX Product Manager - 100% Remote in PST*
Location: Preferably San Francisco, but anywhere in PST time zone is ok
Position Summary:

We are looking for a UX Product Manager to manage our team of amazing Product Designers and Researchers, and raise the bar with smart, delightful UX solutions that lock in on user needs and tightly align with company priorities. As a qualified candidate, you are a proven people manager with an incredible eye for detail, ability to think big, break new ground, and innovate. You have experience building prototypes that demonstrate the finer details in transitions, animations, and complex interactions. You are comfortable iterating your design based on user feedback and product analytics. You will combine interfaces and workflows to enhance the user experience. You are an analytical and creative designer who can grasp user needs and solve problems in this role. A strong history of representing the customer's voice internally to the company through successful UX changes, eliminating confusion or driving an increase in product usage. You are comfortable working closely with passionate designers, product managers, and engineers that care deeply about creating beautiful, high-impact experiences.

What you'll be doing:

• Translate concepts into user flow, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes, presenting them to our top customers for user research and validation
• Facilitate product vision by researching, conceiving, sketching, prototyping, and user-testing experiences for digital products.
• Guide the team of designers to find creative ways to solve UX problems (e.g., usability, find-ability).
• Design and hire a world-class team of designers
• Establish design guidelines and strategy
• Keep abreast of competitor products and industry trends
• Create personas through user research and data
• Quickly identify design problems, pain points and friction in our current UX and design elegant solutions.
• Define the right interaction model and evaluate its success.

Requirements:

• 5+ yrs Product Design experience
• 2+ yrs of Management experience
• Strong portfolio of design projects (projects with interactive design or complex business product is a plus)
• Expertise in UX principles and UX software such as Figma, Sketch, OmniGraffle, Axure, InVision, UXPin, Balsamiq, Framer
• Ability to understand detailed business requirements and create a detailed design and user experience

Nice to Haves's

• Experience with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript skills
• Experience working on design or UX for software or SaaS-based business
• Experience leading a team or mentoring designers in remote settings