Senior Manager, Product Design - UX/UI

VSP Vision is looking for a Design Leadership role to manage product design, user experience, and business analysis, leading a team of UX Designers and Business Analysts.

Responsibilities

• Define strategy and manage execution for all aspects of product design, user experience, and business analysis.
• Own and drive the product design function and team, collaborating with product management, engineering, and other cross-functional stakeholders.
• Provide leadership to a team of UX Designers and Business Analysts, including defining processes and methodologies.
• Ensure product designs strongly reflect design best practices, customer and internal stakeholder input and needs.
• Develop and execute on strategies to collect key user experience metrics.
• Partner with Product teams to determine the best course of user research, user experience testing, and validation.
• Ensure all product design deliverables meet the calendar requirements of the overall product development schedules.
• Continually assess the time impact on deliverables.
• Provide direction for the UX Designer and Business Analyst team, including managing product development activities, product marketing plans, and the monitoring of product performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 1 additional year of experience related to the functional area.
• Minimum of 3 years of management experience with responsibilities for hiring, training, assigning work, and managing the performance of direct reports.
• Advanced understanding of product design concepts, theories, and practices.
• Proven ability to plan large projects strategically and influence others to commit and adapt to frequent change.
• Proven ability to utilize analytical and problem-solving skills to make decisions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Key Skills

• Experience using tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or similar design tools.
• Experience with tools like Figma AI, Builder.io, and Uizard.
• Experience designing for complex, multi-faceted systems.
• Experience designing validation techniques such as rapid prototyping, A/B testing, and moderated/unmoderated user testing.
• Familiarity with the optometric industry or similar healthcare verticals.