Senior Director, Product Design

2 months ago

Boston, Massachusetts, United States Chewy Full time

Chewy strives to be the most trusted and convenient online destination for pet parents (and partners), everywhere. The Chewy Product Design and Research team are a hard-working, collaborative, and fun loving team of designers, researchers and builders, crafting experiences that aim to delight customers (and the community that support them) while revolutionizing the ways they keep their pets happy and healthy.

We are seeking a Sr. Director, Product Design to play a senior leadership role in realizing Chewy's vision, driving the conception and creation of innovative new products and services. As a Sr. Director, you'll be a thought leader for User Experience throughout Chewy. You'll have the opportunity to think and act big, exercising continuous innovation and a bias for action, coupled with thoughtful experimentation. This role is a high-profile position that will inspire and empower a team of design leaders to ensure an unparalleled customer experience that enables our customers, businesses, and veterinarian partners to accomplish their goals in the most elegant, efficient, and enjoyable way possible. To achieve this, you will be responsible for developing and socializing a vision that drives engagement and excitement throughout the organization - working closely with our partners in product management and engineering to help shape the next generation of pet parent experiences on Chewy.

The ideal candidate is a passionate, yet pragmatic design leader that can analyze customer behaviors, identify opportunities to solve problems, and transform the Chewy customer experience in a fast-paced and collaborative environment. You should be passionate about working strategically with executives and other senior leaders to create and deliver big, visionary, customer-focused experiences. Finally, you should be an inspiring people leader, an outstanding communicator, and a nimble strategic thinker that has demonstrated flexibility and willingness to roll up your sleeves to lead your team through changing priorities and interesting challenges.

What You'll Do:

  • Lead cross-team conceptual development; be a strategic thought leader in how to implement unmatched experiences that represent the most customer-centric intersection between design, business, content, and technology.
  • Influence investment choices that will provide long-term innovation for our customers
  • Guide cross-functional teams of product designers, researchers, and content designers, while playing a key role in organizing and communicating their work across the organization.
  • Champion cohesion and consistency in UX design that unites a growing family of features, while continuing to nurture and evangelize a fervent culture of invention and innovation.
  • Foster Chewy's culture and principles within the group while setting new standards in executional and operational excellence.
  • Recruit, assess, hire, develop, and retain an organization of outstanding UX personnel.

What You'll Need:

  • 10+ years of experience in User Experience Design that includes 5+ years of experience managing people leaders. Experience managing a team in a high growth environment; prior success with managing employees across multiple products and/or programs.
  • Proven record in attracting, developing, and motivating the talent needed for current and future business needs. Demonstration of maintaining high performance expectations and leading teams to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.
  • Experience providing direction to deliver on priorities and build repeatable, sustainable processes that support operational excellence.
  • Experience working in and managing user experience design groups in large, product-based organizations; experience working in a complex environment, with a proven ability to consider the impact of their decisions, past their own products.
  • Fluency in best practices for User Interface Design, Information Architecture, and Interaction Design; practical knowledge of User Centered Design processes and lifecycles; ability to provide and effectively communicate strategic and tactical recommendations based on quantitative/qualitative data and optimal Design practices.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of the latest design concepts, emerging technologies, and other developments in the user experience field.
  • Effectiveness in working across organizational boundaries to influence and deliver results.
  • Exemplary analytical skills and high judgment.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills; the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization.
  • Ability to translate concepts into concrete depictions to clarify ideas and advance collaboration based on shared understanding.
  • Bachelor's, or equivalent degree, in Design, HCI, or related field or equivalent professional experience within the design field.
  • Position will require occasional travel.

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