UX Design Manager, Amazon Kids

Description Are you excited to focus on the experience for millions of kids across the world? Does leading a team in the creation of kids and parents experiences give you energy? Imagine being a part of a team where your ideas have the potential to reach millions. Welcome to the Kids design team within the Devices & Services Experience Design (DxD) organization. Everyone on the Kids design team has a meaningful impact on the user experience for both children and their parents. As Amazon Kids continues to evolve, we are looking for a talented Design Manager to lead the team. Key job responsibilities - Lead a team of designers responsible for end-to-end child and parent experiences. - Manage the user experience design of multiple large programs through leading a design team. - Cultivate and maintain frameworks and mechanisms that increase the propagation of high-quality designs while focusing designer time on the most complex, impactful work. - Model behavior that exemplifies Amazon Leadership Principles and raise the design bar for the organization. - Provide coaching and feedback, with an emphasis on growing individual contributors and leadership capability. - Working closely with cross-functional teams to help define business and feature requirements, user scenarios and use cases. - Influencing and driving designers to contribute to the central DxD design system. - Drive operational excellence across the team that cultivates a positive environment and inclusive culture. - Partner with leaders across disciplines (product, tech, research, marketing) to influence the strategic direction. A day in the life On a typical day, you might lead a design critique for a new parental controls flow, align with Product and Engineering on an upcoming launch milestone, and coach a designer through a complex interaction challenge. You'll balance strategic planning-shaping the vision for how kids engage with Alexa, FireTV, and tablet experiences-with hands-on leadership like reviewing prototypes and unblocking your team. Your stakeholders span Product Management, Engineering, User Research, and Marketing, and your customers are children and parents worldwide who rely on Amazon Kids for safe, delightful experiences. About the team The Devices & Services Experience Design (DxD) team leads user experience and industrial design innovation across Amazon's device portfolio, including Echo, Fire TV, tablets, Alexa.com, and related mobile apps. Our team works at the intersection of design, product and engineering, creating meaningful hardware and software experiences that enhance customer lives. We believe in storytelling and thinking holistically to craft the "why" behind everything we ship. Within DxD, the Kids design team delivers child and parental experiences in partnership with Product, Engineering, and Marketing across multiple platforms and modalities. Basic Qualifications - 7+ years of design experience - 3+ years of leading design teams experience - Experience managing teams - Knowledge of best practices for information architecture and interaction design, user-centered design process - Knowledge of user experience principles and techniques - Experience leading design teams in problem definition, artifact rendering, cross-functional collaboration and delivery, and user validation and measurement Preferred Qualifications - Experience working cross-team and synthesize feedback and input from product management, engineering, testing, and marketing - Experience shipping innovative, successful consumer products - Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, or similar - Experience with AI powered design tools such as Figma Make Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits . USA, WA, Seattle - 151,600.00 - 205,000.00 USD annually