Description

The Amazon Device and Services Design Group (DDG) is a multidisciplinary design team that is responsible for product UX (e.g. Echo, Fire TV, Fire Tablets, Alexa Mobile), designing future experiences, and establishing a thriving design practice at across all teams at Amazon. DDG is the home of the Amazon Design Excellence Team, whose mission is to make Amazon the best place on Earth to work for designers and creatives by leveraging creativity as a tool to foster community, culture and careers. The Amazon Design Excellence team’s charter is to elevate the impact of design both internally and externally. We believe that a highly motivated and engaged design community will channel the best design outcomes and solutions for our customers.

We are looking for a leader to partner closely with the design leadership community across Amazon, to define and drive design excellence. Success in this role requires the ability to engage and influence large groups of diverse stakeholders, both internal and external, and operate at a strategic level with senior executives, while simultaneously being able to dive deep into the details of each project stream.

In this role, you will evaluate the health of the design community across Amazon and set goals that prioritize and grow innovative programs that activate design, invest in designers, and equip design teams to do their best work on behalf of customers. You will lead a team that will think big and innovate to deliver scalable programs that grow design culture and careers at Amazon. You will work to identify best practices and build processes that scale for all organizational models across the company and elevate the impact of design within every team and at every level.

Key job responsibilities

• Develop strategies that drive design excellence and define a long-term roadmap for the Amazon Design Community

• Lead global efforts to drive the implementation of strategic initiatives in the way designers work

• Drive cross-disciplinary and cross-org design experimentation; own change management and communication for any transformations introduced for the design function

• Actively partner and engage with multi-disciplinary leaders to drive buy in, funding and cross-functional adoption of design team initiatives

• Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that may impair the team’s ability to meet strategic, financial, and design goals

• Develop solutions and lead programs that elevate design and improve the employee experience for designers

• Proactively Influence and impact design executives across Amazon through data, design industry trends and insights

• Collaborate with key design community stakeholders (Amazon Design Leadership, Amazon Design Community, Strategic Recruiting Team)

• Advocate for employees and the design community inside and outside of Amazon

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Seattle, WA, USA

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

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 committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $144,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $268,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.