Senior UX Product Design Manager - Search & Recommendations

About the role:   

As a Senior Manager of UX within our Confidence to Buy team, you’ll be at the forefront of Target’s evolving digital experience, shaping it for our guests and contributing to business growth. You will evolve our PDP experience, helping our guests evaluate and build purchase confidence as well as introduce moments of basket building discovery and inspiration. Your team’s work will come to life on Target’s digital touchpoints including native apps and web. 

Success for this leader requires the ability to understand Target’s priorities and partner with a broad set of stakeholders to establish design & experience direction. Day to day you’ll ensure your team has what they need to thrive and deliver great work. This includes operating routines, insights, design direction, partner awareness, and a collaborative and inclusive culture.  

Responsibilities: 

• Build trust and proactively partner with UX, Product, Tech & Business stakeholders to set the stage for your team to achieve exceptional outcomes. 

• Lead balanced UX teams and grow their team's ability to balance multiple projects/demands. 

• Coach, mentor, and guide a team of individual contributors of various levels, helping them to grow and develop new skills, while increasing trust, transparency, and engagement. 

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to integrate design processes into the overall product development lifecycle. 

• Maintain high-quality standards for your team throughout the design process including reviewing the work of the design team, conducting design critiques, and making sure that the final deliverables meet the established criteria. 

• Champion user-centered design principles within the organization, promoting and advocating its importance. 

About you:   

• 7+ years of experience in UX/digital product design with a strong understanding of the craft of design 

• Proven experience in a people management role including hiring, leading, and coaching high performing, cross-geography or remote teams 

• Foundational understanding of digital retail businesses  

• Experience working in large, matrixed, global or multi-national organizations a plus 

• Demonstrated ability to build relationships and create impact through multiple levels of leadership including other Sr Managers, Directors, and Sr. Directors, and can maintain both drive and patience throughout the journey.  

• Ability to balance short-term and long-term thinking while raising quality and team performance 

• Proactively identify and resolve issues that may impair the team from meeting strategic, business, or financial goals 

• Strong data-driven visual, verbal, and written story-telling skills with ability to bring partners along 

• Experience successfully managing many stakeholders through all phases of the design process