Sr Manager, Product Design, Ring

Amazon strives to be the world’s most customer-centric company, where customers can research and purchase anything they might want online or offline. We set big goals and are looking for people who can help us reach and exceed them. The Amazon Device and Services team designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics, including Kindle eReaders, Fire tablets, Alexa, Fire TV, Echo, Blink, Eero, Halo, Kuiper and Zoox. We are also the home of Ring.

The Ring design team is looking for a Senior Manager of Product Design to guide several consumer teams. In this role, you'll be a foundational member on the app leadership team, working together with your counterparts in engineering, product management, UX research, content design and other disciplines to define the strategy, operations and communications that guide the team to build great products addressing real customer needs. You’ll be expected to utilize your full range of people management skills, product strategy, product design, interaction design and visual design skills.

Key job responsibilities
* Grow and manage a talented team of product designers with a broad range of experiences, perspectives, approaches, and backgrounds that consistently deliver on projects and are well-balanced across a range of design skill sets
* Provide leadership and design direction, influencing across teams and giving thoughtful, detailed and actionable design feedback
* Promote collaboration and facilitate communication with stakeholders at all levels and across diverse disciplines and geographies
* Responsible for overall team performance and health, resource allocation, project prioritization, and building an environment of design craft
* Foster a customer-obsessed design culture by sharing best practices, evangelizing design principles and influencing product strategy
* Lead and oversee the user experience of a product from conception to launch in partnership with product managers, engineers, UX researchers and content designers
* Contribute to strategic decisions around the future direction of our devices, software features and services

A day in the life
You’ll oversee various product design teams across Ring. You'll set objectives for the expanding function, champion design thinking, and optimize customer journeys using advanced analytics. Collaborating with executives, you'll shape the unified product strategy for Amazon's home security solutions. You'll foster innovation across brands, represent Amazon's design philosophy externally, and lead initiatives to create transformative products that enhance our smart home ecosystem and drive market growth.

About the team
Ring Blink Key Sidewalk (RBKS) Design is a collaborative, multi-disciplinary organization of designers, engineers, writers, researchers, product managers, and program managers working together to bring the RBKS product vision to life. We enjoy what we do, have big ideas, and tackle complex problems by taking risks that drive global solutions. In every work stream, we immerse ourselves in insights, and invent on behalf of our customers. We brainstorm scenarios they will benefit from and solutions to pain points—crafting innovative products that aim to connect the physical and digital customer journey.

Basic Qualifications

- 10+ years of design experience
- 5+ years of leading multi-discipline Design teams (ie. visual design, interaction design, user research, etc.) experience
- Experience managing teams
- Experience leading a diverse team in the delivery of experiences from end to end (user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity visuals)

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience presenting to and effectively advising senior leaders outside of design
- Experience embedding design within product teams for agile design and development collaboration

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will