Product Design Manager

Why Genesys needs you: 

We are investing 1 billion dollars in R&D over the next 4 years and need the right individuals to turn that investment into innovation. Genesys is bringing that innovation to customers through multi-cloud deployments in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Connections matter, at certain times with greater urgency. Whenever the moment, our technology facilitates those connections creating an experience as a service. Our team members own their critical services and words like scalability, resiliency, and automation are at the heart of every line of code we write. As we continue to grow we are now seeking a Senior Product Designer to join the team.

Summary of the role:

At the root of Genesys is our passion for our customers and users in the form of Empathy. It's the basis for how we operate in everything we do. As a Product Design Manager at Genesys, you’ll be helping create a whole new genre within the Customer Experience industry; Experience as a Service.

In this role, you'll play a pivotal role in the practice and craft of design in Hungary through teaching, mentoring, and inspiring a highly skilled team of product designers. You will participate in all aspects of projects, from design thinking and design sprints to prototyping and executive playbacks. You'll evangelize design across the organization, advocating for users throughout the process, and will combine empathy and data to create impactful, best-of-class digital experiences. Needless to say, as a Design Manager collaborating with designers, researchers, and strategists, you’ll be solving Genesys' biggest challenges.

As a valued member of the global design team, you are a go-to person, can work collaboratively or autonomously, and serve as an expert in user-centered best practices to people across the organization. As a confident communicator, you can work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team comprised of myriad levels of experience.

What you will do:

• Manage a diverse team of product and visual designers enabling them to: be successful; grow their abilities to drive impact; and deliver great work.
• Lead, coach, and develop designers who collaborate as members of cross-functional feature teams.
• Participate in design critiques and iteration meetings helping to coach a team on delivering great designs.
• Develop goals, objectives, and action plans for teams and individuals.
• Evaluate user experience needs and define a UX hiring plan.
• Create digital assets that effectively communicate product function and intent, user interaction, and screen hierarchy.
• Produce user requirements specifications, conceptual models, personas, storyboards/scenarios, flow charts, conceptual sketches, wireframes, IAs, design prototypes, and visual design artifacts.
• Design and specify user interfaces using participatory and iterative design techniques, including observational studies, customer interviews, usability testing, and other forms of requirements discovery.
• Participate in product and feature ideation and conceptual development for web and mobile solutions, also taking into account responsive design considerations.
• Effectively communicate design decisions to product teams, users, and leadership teams while representing the voice of your designers.
• Keep up with evolving design trends, technologies, and best practices.
• Ability to work on multiple projects at the same time.

What you will bring to the role: 

• Degree in any of the following: HCI, Interaction Design, Industrial Design, Visual Design, and/or related fields.
• 8+ years of proven experience designing software applications for a global audience.
• 2+ years of experience managing and overseeing people and/or teams.
• Strong knowledge of interaction design processes and methodologies, particularly as applied to desktop & mobile products.
• Strong knowledge of Agile UX methodologies (Product Owner or Scrum Master experience preferred).
• Thrive in a fast-paced work environment that requires independent self-direction with an aptitude for team collaboration and open communication.
• Proactive and takes ownership for producing positive results.
• Contributes as a valued team member and colleague with leaders at all levels.
• Demonstrates self-awareness and a desire for continual learning and personal development.
• Must possess the presentation skills and professionalism to project a professional image, both internally and externally.
• Experience working closely with product and engineering teams to champion design at every step.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in Enterprise SaaS.

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