Senior Product Design Manager

$172,000 - $337,500/Yr

Tiktok - San Jose, CA

posted 3 days ago

Full-time - Senior
San Jose, CA
Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

About the position

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and we are looking for a Senior Product Design Manager to join our fast-growing team in the SF Bay Area. In this role, you will lead and own product features that help evolve and drive impact for everyday consumers and creators. As a maker yourself, you will thrive in an environment that encourages creativity and innovation. You will work closely with cross-functional leaders, including product managers, researchers, content designers, and engineers, to contribute to high-level strategic decisions and execute impactful product experiences globally. Your responsibilities will include leading large-scale projects from inception to completion, managing uncertainty and ambiguity, and ensuring that we are shipping meaningful and quality experiences. You will establish strong relationships with senior leaders and key stakeholders across functions, uplifting the voice of product design within the organization. Your ability to anticipate areas of opportunity or conflict and proactively manage them with articulate communication will be crucial in helping others see a way forward. In addition to driving high-quality design, you will help scale the design team and elevate design quality with a strong focus on craft. You will foster a culture that allows designers to do their best work and lead by example. This position requires exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, as well as a passion for TikTok and its community, especially in building for creators. A portfolio showcasing your impactful work is required for this role.

Responsibilities

  • Work with cross functional leaders, including product managers, researchers, content designers, and engineers to contribute to high-level strategic decisions, envision and execute impactful product experiences globally.
  • Lead large scale projects from 0-1 and beyond, managing uncertainty and ambiguity, ensuring we're shipping meaningful and quality experiences.
  • Establish strong relationships with senior leaders and key stakeholders across functions, uplifting the voice of product design within the organization.
  • Anticipate areas of opportunity or conflict and proactively manage them with articulate communication that helps others see a way forward.
  • Help scale the design team and elevate design quality with a strong focus on craft.
  • Drive high quality design with articulate, well-delivered feedback that improves the teams' ideas and executions.
  • Foster a culture that allows designers to do their best work and lead by examples.

Requirements

  • Experienced in delivering impactful work through design that has moved businesses forward.
  • Has experience collaborating with senior leadership to influence product strategy and product development processes to set teams up for success.
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively articulate ideas and rationale to stakeholders at all levels and across time zones.
  • Ability to thrive in ambiguity with a bias towards action with the ability to adapt to changing, fast-paced environment.
  • A passion and enthusiasm for TikTok and its community, especially building for creators.
  • Portfolio is required.

Nice-to-haves

  • 10+ years designing for consumer-facing products and tools across the mobile, web desktops or others.
  • 3+ years leading teams and supporting designers.
  • Have had leadership experience in supporting a diverse global team.
  • Experience with consumer-facing products, building tools and designing for creators.

Benefits

  • 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents.
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company match.
  • Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans.
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.
  • 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) and 10 paid sick days per year.
  • 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.
  • Mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra.
  • 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements.
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