Design Manager responsible for leading design squads and ensuring quality designs align with product goals at Citco. Fostering an inclusive culture to mentor team members and drive design efficiency.
Responsibilities
Lead and manage a Design squad/pod to achieve business objectives within a specific domain/program journey, driving and orchestrating the design activities as well as ensuring design work is delivered on time with high quality that complies with the new Design System
Lead the design process from ideation to execution, ensuring that designs align with product goals
Establishing regular check-ins to ensure progress towards business objectives, and providing coaching, guidance, and mentoring to drive excellence in performance and behavior
Push AI integration in Design by actively driving exploration of AI tools with your team to boost design efficiency. Support the team in integrating AI to automate tasks, enhance workflows, and improve the overall design process.
Support the growth and development of the team, including building designer capability through feedback and coaching, and contribute to the recruitment and retention of high-performing talent
Collaborate with Product, IT, business, and cross-functional team members to solve user needs
Requirements
You must have a Bachelor's degree in design, HCI, Computer Science, or equivalent education and experience
7+ years of experience in Design, with supporting portfolio
Experience in mentoring and managing Design resources, and developing practice
Experience with design tools such as Figma, Invision, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, etc.
Experience in usage of design systems to drive coherent design practices
beneficial: co-creation facilitation
Passionate about user-centered design, systems thinker, visual designer, you can apply design principles to complex problems, from concept to detailed design stage
Ready to help us build a great design organization: strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to navigate a dynamic cross-functional environment
Portfolio of previous work must be presented including outputs and iteration
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