Director Digital Product Design

Southern Glazer's•Atlanta, TX

About The Position

Shape a remarkable future with us. Build a career working for an industry leader that truly invests in their people – and equips them with leading technology, continuous learning, and the ability to bring their best selves to work. As the preeminent wine and spirits distributor, Southern Glazer’s isn't just one of Forbes’ Top Private Companies; it's a family-owned business with deep roots dating back to 1933. Southern Glazer’s is proud of its well-earned positive reputation, continually achieving accolades for our outstanding workplace culture. We take pride in creating a culture where our people are valued, supported, and provided opportunities for growth and belonging. As a full-time employee, you can choose from a wide-ranging menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition assistance, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more. By joining Southern Glazer’s, you would be part of a team that values excellence, innovation, and community. This is more than just a job – it's an opportunity to build the future of beverage distribution and grow with a company that truly cares about its people.

Requirements

8+ years of digital product design experience, inclusive of mobile app design, web design, and design systems
4+ years of design management experience
Experience leading design in an agile business environment, with portfolio examples
Familiarity with the full digital product lifecycle, using product roadmaps, story mapping, writing design stories, designing features, direct collaboration with development teams
Experience developing & implementing global design systems, with portfolio examples
Functional knowledge of: Design & prototyping tools (Figma, Protopie, Framer, Canvaa), Design research methods & tools (Ethnography, User Testing, Accessibility Compliance, Moderation), Collaboration tools (Miro, Confluence, Jira), Common UI technology (HTML, CSS, Material Design), Common mobile app frameworks (Flutter, FlutterFlow, React Native, PWA) and Microsoft Office Suite

Nice To Haves

Portfolio inclusive of digital project work showing end-to-end experience: from ideation to launch
Articulate about digital product design as a practice, and supportive of agility in design processes
Ability to generate, visualize and prototype new concepts to demonstrate and test with users and stakeholders
UCD certifications
Design Thinking training, workshop facilitation experience
Agile training or certifications, like SAFe Agilist
Industry involvement, active in the local design community

Responsibilities

Lead problem-framing & ideation sessions
Lead design thinking workshops
Create design hypotheses, explore & test
Contribute point-of-view into service blueprints
Lead rapid prototyping efforts for exploratory interactions
Effectively lead a team of digital designers, giving clear and actionable feedback to team members
Provide motivation and recognition for job performance
Hire and mentor ‘full stack’ digital product designers
Ally and support culture and diversity initiatives within the team, and at the company
Lead design reviews with executive-level colleagues
Provide solid rationale for design decisions
Make compelling and persuasive presentation of ideas, concepts, and in-progress design work
Review design work created by direct reports, agencies, and collaborators
Perform generative and evaluative design research
Collaborate with design researchers to continuously learn & iterate design work
Appropriately inclusive of software development in the design process
Collaborate with software engineering, analytics, and QA teammates to bring ideas to life and products to market
Support the OKRs of product portfolios as the design subject matter expert (SME)
Contribute and develop ideas to help the portfolio achieve its business outcomes
Help the portfolio director understand the customer needs through research, interviews, workshops, story mapping, and similar techniques