Manager, UX Design

Manager, UX Design
Are you a passionate UX expert, a creative leader and a born collaborator? If so, you might be perfect for the role of Manager, UX Design at Cox Automotive!
We're recruiting an experienced, hands-on leader to manage a team of UX designers tasked with creating outstanding experiences for multiple projects and brands. Leveraging your expertise with promoting user-centered design techniques, you'll use data to drive design outcomes and prioritize work to support multiple teams.
Sound interesting? Keep reading for more information and apply today!
What's In It for You?
Here's a sneak peek at the benefits you could experience as a Cox employee:

• A competitive salary and top-notch bonus/incentive plans.
• Professional development and continuing education opportunities.
• The chance to work with fascinating, cutting-edge platforms.
• Exceptional work-life balance, flexible time-off policies and accommodating work schedules.
• Comprehensive healthcare, with multiple options for individuals and families.
• Generous 401(k) retirement plans with company match.
• Inclusive parental leave policies, plus comprehensive fertility coverage and adoption assistance.

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What You'll Do
Working with the Director of User Experience to prioritize work, you'll lead UX designers to create smart design solutions that delight customers while delivering measurable business value. Specifically, you will:

• Facilitate design workshops, using design thinking techniques to explore user needs and design concepts from multiple perspectives.
• Partner with research and analytics teams to identify improvements and evaluate the effectiveness of the solutions.
• Collaborate to develop, roll out and reinforce new UX processes.
• Promote close collaboration between UX team members and Product, Engineering and other teams.
• Leverage and extend our design system to promote brand consistency and re-use of functional components across products.
• Represent your team's needs within the Cox Automotive's UX governance group.
• Elevate new design scenarios for feedback and potential standardization.
• Present design work to peers and business leaders.
• Help designers develop project plans, monitoring progress and status.
• Conduct employee performance reviews and set goals with your team to foster career growth.

Who You Are
An independent self-starter with excellent leadership skills, you're committed to the details and consistent follow-through on tasks. You have a portfolio of work that demonstrates the effectiveness of your design solutions, and how you manage user needs and achieve business results. Here's what else you bring to the table:
Minimum:

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 6 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 4 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year experience in a related field; or 10 years' experience in a related field
• 1+ year of experience in management or lead role
• 6+ years of hands-on design experience creating wireframes, prototypes and related design documentation for web and mobile experiences.
• 1+ years of experience directly managing UX resources under aggressive deadlines.
• Experience in iterative software delivery methodologies.
• Experience working with engineering and product teams.
• Knowledge of UX design strategies and trends across web and mobile platforms.
• Proficiency with leading design tools, including Figma.
• Excellent oral, written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent time-management skills.

Create beautiful digital experiences - and a meaningful career for yourself. Apply now!
USD 119,600.00 - 199,400.00 per year
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary of $119,600.00 - $199,400.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Benefits:
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.
About Cox Automotive
At Cox Automotive, people of every background are driven by their passion for mobility, innovation and community. We transform the way the world buys, sells, owns and uses cars, accelerating the industry with global powerhouse brands like Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, Manheim and more. What's more, we do it all with an emphasis on employee growth and happiness. Drive your future forward and join Cox Automotive today!
About Cox
Cox empowers employees to build a better future and has been doing so for over 120 years. With exciting investments and innovations across transportation, communications, cleantech and healthcare, our family of businesses - which includes Cox Automotive and Cox Communications - is forging a better future for us all. Ready to make your mark? Join us today!
Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page .
Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.
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