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User Interface Design Manager, Intuit
Nov 09 05
Source: CHI-Jobs
Job Title: User Interface Design Manager
Location: Mountain View, California 94040 (650) * Relocation Benefit provided * Company name: Intuit
Term: Full time (FTE)
Please reply to: nancy falkenburg (email): nancy_falkenburg@intuit.com
We are seeking a dynamic leader to energize and inspire individuals and organizations across Intuit. The UCD Manager will be responsible for leading a small team to uncover and teach out best UCD practices across the company, deliver world-class user experiences for selected projects, and evangelize the need for effective UCD in recently acquired companies. Strong design skills a must!
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead user researchers and designers to uncover deep insight into customer needs and craft the solutions to those needs through learnable and usable offerings.
- Work with leaders in groups across Intuit to drive the integration of user-centered research and design processes into the product development process
- Help teams to prioritize the focus of User Experience work in line with corporate goals and business objectives (critical few; high-return projects)
- Establish, track, and share success metrics for UCD
- Collaborate with the centralized Beta team and other UCD managers
- Monitor industry best practices in customer research and design, including standards, inventions, and trends for potential opportunities for Intuit products.
-Spend 50% of the time working hand-in-hand with researchers and designers on products/services The Manager will need to quickly develop knowledge of relevant Intuit products, web properties, and services. In performing the essential functions of this role, the work environment is fast-paced and team-based. The Manager must be an expert communicator, able to lead teams comprising diverse members, and enjoy teaching others across the company.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's (Master's or Doctorate preferred) degree required in the social sciences, human centered design, art or graphics + minimum of 10 years related work experience.
- Minimum 7 years of related experience leading user experience teams, including customer research, interaction design, and visual design teams that deliver exceptional customer experiences in existing and new offerings.
- Proven ability to hire and grow high-performing energized teams.
- Dynamic person who inspires organizations to do right by the customer.
- Ability to lead, influence, and work collaboratively on multi-disciplinary teams
- Deep design expertise
-Long track record of effective designs