UX Design Sr. Manager

Position Overview

The Design Sr. Manager is a compelling designer, facilitator, and storyteller who is able to work through various mediums (digital prototyping tools, presentation design, immersive experience activations, and video) to create high-impact deliverables and lead engagement sessions that help business program owners define the end user experience for the S&T core priorities. This design manager will develop a well-researched understanding of S&T core priorities and leverage that knowledge to develop engaging, user friendly and easy to use experiences across S&T core priority applications. The Design Sr. Manager will conceptualize, co-create, design, and present engaging experiences, effectively collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams (product, business, strategy, data & analytics) to deliver value. A passion for using design to solve problems and seasoned presentation skills are a must.

Key Responsibilities

• Helps the Product Owner in the definition of the high-level concepts & customer value proposition.
• Inspire innovative approaches to design. Leading client-facing meetings and workshops, explaining rationale for design decisions.
• Creates, defines and demonstrates the interactions for the user flows for a service or product tasks.
• Designs the frameworks to organize information & help users understand how a product or service will work & behave over time.
• Collaborates with other Design disciplines to integrate & address user needs and balance them against business, brand and technical goals & needs.
• Visualizes solutions, usually in the form of models, wireframes, documentation, or prototypes, addressing service design or solution objectives and considering the fine details of user interaction elements, components, labels & flows.
• Partners closely with front-end developers.
• Conceptualizes and provides support for the design of a Customer Centered Product, infusing user values and defining the user experience across the entire ecosystem.
• Provides guidance on the product design to make it useful, usable, effective, desirable, and differentiated for both the people and businesses they serve.
• Balances creative and business goals, manages client expectations and ensures delivery meets expectations.
• Maintains and evolves Digital Principles and style guides for creating interactive, user-centric products and ensures all channels live up to these visual standards.

Required Qualifications

• 8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 4 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD.

Preferred Qualifications

• BA/BS in related field required, MS/MFA preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in a specialization such as user experience, design strategy, marketing activation design, interaction design, or visual and content design, with a willingness to broaden skills into adjacent specializations while refining mastery of the primary skillset.
• Ability to tackle a diverse and complex set of design challenges and recognize patterns to develop creative, strategic, and scalable solutions for client experience and engagement models.
• Expert in digital design software and tools including Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, InVision, AfterEffects, Figma, etc.
• Proficient in front end web development HTML/JS/CSS and rapid prototyping techniques.
• Expert in creating experience maps, user journeys and service blueprints, interaction models, flows, high fidelity wireframes, and UI/visual design.
• Master facilitator with a proven track record running client engagements, demonstrating excellence in presentation polish, executive presence, and client orientation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills (public speaking, storytelling, presentation building skills).
• Experience working with design systems, components, and extensible assets.
• Proven history of delivering results on time, within budget, and with a high level of execution.
• A creative optimist and self-starter who brings energy and enthusiasm to the work.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects.
• Desire to teach others through doing.
• CPG industry experience preferred, but not required.

Benefits & Perks

• Compensation: The expected compensation range for this position is between $118,700 - $198,800.
• Location, confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting the actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.
• Bonus based on performance with an eligibility target payout of 15% of annual salary paid out annually.
• Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
• In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support employees and their families, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), and a Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.