Senior UX Designer - Sr Design Program Manager, Design Systems

About the position

Join our award-winning design team and help us shape the future of retail. Our mission is to bring dignity and access to all through design excellence to all regardless of zip code or bank account. We design richly compelling experiences that improve the daily lives of millions of customers - whether they are at home, in our stores, or on the go. We also craft world-class experiences that enable our merchants, suppliers, sellers and 2.1 million in-store associates to deliver great value to our customers on a daily basis. This opportunity is in Bentonville, Arkansas where we are growing our amazing design community in our new, state-of-the-art campus. As a member of the Design Ops team, you'll wear multiple hats and craft people-centered processes that enable the design team at the world's largest company to run more smoothly. We are looking for a resourceful self-starter with experience in design - and ideally design systems - to join our award-winning team at the forefront of retail. If you're a strong systems thinker and excited about the possibility of having a direct impact on the day-to-day work of designers across our entire portfolio, you could be a great fit for the Sr. Design Program Manager - Design Systems role. You'll report into the Head of Design Operations and work closely with the Design Director on our Design System team as well as partners across design, research, product and engineering.

Responsibilities

• Working with designers and design leaders across the entire Design organization to manage, track and prioritize new component requests
• Managing backlogs and tracking active work across initiatives
• Creating playbooks and documenting best practices
• Managing ongoing communication of updates to Design System and rollout of new components
• Onboarding new team members and supporting the creation of training for designers
• Representing design in quarterly planning sessions with Product, Eng and TPMs
• Working with design leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to triage issues, resolve dependencies and plan upcoming work

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in UI/UX design, graphic design, visual communication, product design, computer science, information technology, or related area and 3 years' experience in UI/UX, interactive and visual design, electronics art, multimedia design, or related area
• 5 years' experience in UI/UX, interactive and visual design, electronics art, multimedia design, or related area

Nice-to-haves

• Design certification (for example, IDEOU - Foundations in Design Thinking Certificate)
• Driving product development in a user experience area
• Master's degree in UI/UX Design, Interactive and Visual Design, Product Design, or related area
• Related industry experience (for example, retail, supply chain, eCommerce, healthcare)
• Knowledge of accessibility best practices and experience in creating inclusive digital experiences

Benefits

• 401(k) match
• stock purchase plan
• paid maternity and parental leave
• PTO
• multiple health plans
• incentive awards for performance
• short-term and long-term disability
• company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• Live Better U education benefit program