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Senior Design Manager, Travel, Yahoo!
Jul 27 05
Source: direct submission
COMPANY: Yahoo!
URL: http://yahoo.com
LOCATION: Sunnyvale, CA
POSITION TITLE: Senior Design Manager, Travel
DURATION: Full Time
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Help us change the way people use the internet to plan and book their travel! We are looking for a strong leader, who can think strategically while delivering on the needs of the business. You will be responsible for growing and managing a User Experience and Design group for Travel, one of the Yahoo!'s fastest growing properties. The group’s charter is to define and design the user experience for Yahoo!Travel, working closely with Product Management and engineering.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Work with technologists and business strategists to define the
future of Travel
* Provide direction and vision to your team of visual designers and
interaction designers and deliver world-class products
* Inspire, excite and motivate your team and key stakeholders
* Foster and support a collaborative, innovative culture
* Work across the company to determine common practices and standards
* Apply user-centered experience design practice and advocate the
users’ perspective
* Oversee multiple projects simultaneously from planning to launch
* Define priorities and manage resources as appropriate across
projects
* Manage and mentor designers: performance reviews, compensation and
career growth
QUALIFICATIONS:
* Management experience: At least 8 years total experience, with a
minimum of 5 years managing a large design team with company-wide
impact. Must have managed an organization of at least 5 people with
various skills, and must have experience supporting multiple projects
simultaneously. Proven track record in delivering world-class
products.
* Design experience: Background in product design, interaction
design, Human Factors, HCI, information design, or related field.
Must be well versed in all areas of UI design with a history of
creating elegant and effective user experiences. Solid understanding
of the design of Web applications and services. Need to have superb
information design sensibility and a sound understanding of how to
leverage user research effectively. Experience working on products
that contain advertising is ideal.
* Vision: proven experience rallying people behind a vision and
ability to innovate
* Quality: Demands and delivers world-class design, has incredible
eye for detail
* Communication: strong analytical and oral communication skills;
excellent interpersonal and leadership skills; able to collaborate
effectively with others in a cross-functional team
* Leadership: Must know how to inspire people, motivate and reward
them; be able to make tough decisions and address issues in a timely
manner; use good judgment to know when to fight a battle and do it
well and when to hold back.
* Scope: Must have experience shipping products for large consumer
audiences and be used to working on many products simultaneously
* Process: Must understand user-centered design and product
development processes, and use these effectively. Must be organized
and able to switch rapidly between different projects in an exciting
and fast-paced environment.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Send your resume and portfolio link to
RX1000008255 in the subject heading of your email.