Sr. Manager, Product Design

LinkedIn • Sunnyvale, CA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role will be based in Sunnyvale. At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team. LinkedIn’s vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our global Product Design team advances this vision through quality, inclusive design. We're passionate about designing an equal, fair, and accessible platform that’s modern, engaging, and responsible. Our products help professionals all over the world stay connected, informed, and productive. The LinkedIn ecosystem is about more than just job hunting. We help create and support active communities, while making sales, marketing, learning, and recruiting more successful and delightful. This role will be part of the Growth team, focusing on Top of Funnel, which includes everything from SEO, Guest Experience, Emails, App Activations, Onboarding, first 28 days of a member experience, and Retaining and Resurrecting Infrequent Members. The TOF Design team is the front door experience of LinkedIn, and is responsible for expanding LinkedIn's Vision of bringing economic opportunity to every member of the global workforce through understanding and delivering value to the fringes of our potential and existing member base. The role also leads design for our Moonshot opportunities where we incubate new bets including our very successful and fun LinkedIn Games. The Moonshots team works in an agile way to launch quickly, and iteratively test ideas based on our members feedback. This is a great opportunity to reimagine new value that LinkedIn can provide to its 1+ billion members. Why lead the Product Design team at LinkedIn? Get the resources you need to hire, grow, and retain top design talent Develop deep understanding of a dynamic, complex product ecosystem We’re committed to compassionate, empathetic leadership We value inclusivity and trust, the foundations of a well-supported team You’ll shape the future of the business in collaboration with product and engineering partners, and design teams across the organization. Come lead a diverse, empowered team, designing for the world’s workforce. Learn more about our design community at design.linkedin.com #LinkedInDesign

Requirements

• BA/BS degree in graphic design, design communication, human-computer interaction, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience managing and directing creative projects
• Experience directing and guiding a team through a complete lifecycle of several launched projects

Nice To Haves

• Strong experience in providing vision and guidance that helps shape the future of the business
• Experience managing senior individual contributors and managers
• Exceptional ability to influence on other product areas across the organization; Drives strategy and vision across the business area
• Exceptional ability to delivers design solutions that grow the business area and create new value for members/customers
• Exceptional ability to develop teams of designers to become the next generation of key contributors - promoting sharing work openly and welcoming feedback
• Mastery in solving unstructured problems that have many dependencies and may have lengthy timelines; Seeks out ambiguity and transforms it into effective, actionable plans with cross-functional partners
• Product Thinking
• Visual Design
• Interaction Design
• Storytelling
• Leadership

Responsibilities

• Define, direct, and oversee the creative direction of our suite of products
• Proactively seek opportunities to drive marketplace growth and integrate with other LinkedIn business solutions
• Effectively communicate ideas, design rationale and specifics of the design approach
• Create holistic design solutions that address business, brand, and user requirements
• Manage, coach, and provide directed feedback to product designers and leads to deliver the final product

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager