The Hustle · 9 hours ago
Senior Design Manager - Developer Product Group - Remote US
Cambridge, MA
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$200K/yr - $320K/yr
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Responsibilities
Lead the UX Vision: Define and drive the user experience strategy for the developer platform, ensuring a seamless, intuitive, and delightful experience for developers of all levels.
Champion UI Craft Excellence: Set a high bar for UI design and interaction patterns, ensuring a visually appealing and engaging platform that inspires developers.
Manage the UX Team: Lead, mentor, and motivate a team of UX designers and researchers dedicated to crafting exceptional developer experiences.
Drive User-Centered Design: Embed user research and testing throughout the design process, ensuring the platform evolves with the needs of developers.
Orchestrate End-to-End Developer Journeys: Map and optimize the complete developer experience, from onboarding to integration deployment, ensuring a smooth and successful path.
Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner closely with product managers, engineers, and developer advocates to define requirements, prioritize features, and guarantee flawless execution.
Pioneer Future-Looking Concepts: Explore and experiment with emerging technologies and design trends to envision the next generation of developer experiences.
Advocate for Developers: Be the voice of the developer within the organization, championing their needs and ensuring they are met.
Drive design consistency and scalability: You’ll establish design systems and guidelines that ensure consistency and scalability across the developer platform experience.
Measure and Iterate: Define key metrics for developer experience success and leverage data to drive continuous improvement.
Qualification
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Proven UX Leadership: Proven experience leading UX teams, within a developer platform or enterprise software environment.
A keen eye for detail and design aesthetics: A Senior UX Manager should possess a discerning eye for visual design, typography, layout, and overall aesthetics, ensuring that the developer platform is not only functional but also visually appealing and engaging.
Proficiency in design tools and prototyping: While they may not be actively designing, they should be familiar with industry-standard design and prototyping tools to effectively review and provide feedback on the team's work.
Deep UX Expertise: A strong foundation in user-centered design principles and methodologies, with a passion for exceptional UI craft.
A passion for Developers: A genuine interest in understanding and advocating for the needs of developers.
Technical Fluency: The ability to communicate effectively with engineers and comprehend the technical constraints of the platform.
A visionary Mindset: The ability to envision and articulate future-looking concepts that inspire and motivate teams.
Excellent Communication Skills: The ability to express complex ideas clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences.
A data-Driven Mindset: Experience using data to inform design decisions and measure success.
Adaptability: Thrives in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment.
A leader who shares our HEART values and practices growth mindset.
Company
The Hustle
The Hustle is helping young professionals make better decisions throughout their day starting with business news.
Founded in 2015
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$1.32M2021-02-03Acquired· undefined
2017-03-13Seed· $1M
2016-11-16Series Unknown· undefined
Leadership Team
Sam Parr
Co-Founder & CEO
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