User Experience Manager, Motorola Solutions
$101.3-202.6k
+ Incentive Bonus Plans & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
More information about location
1-2 days a week in office
Communication software for public safety & enterprise
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Communication software for public safety & enterprise
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$101.3-202.6k
+ Incentive Bonus Plans & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
More information about location
1-2 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build and connect safety and security technologies in our never-ending pursuit to keep people safer everywhere.
Role
Who you are
- Candidates must include a portfolio, personal website, or work samples demonstrating UX apps and services solutions to be considered for the position
- An enthusiastic, highly motivated self-starter with a strong work ethic and an intense focus on achieving results. A “roll-up your sleeves” doer
- A collaborative partner to effectively get things done, building and nurturing strong relationships with your fellow design leaders and development and business stakeholders
- People-focused, you understand companies are only as strong as the time they invest in their people and that a leader is in service to their team
- Humble. You know the best idea wins, no matter who’s idea it is and that there is no place for ego in a team
- Exceptional at problem-solving, issue resolution, and time management
- An active listener, a strong and clear communicator and confident presenter
- A continuous learner who adapts quickly and not only adapts positively to change but is also a skilled change agent
- Able to embrace the opportunity to collaborate with teammates and partners in other locations
- Available to travel occasionally
- 8+ years of professional experience in UX design, preferably at a company focused on designing and delivering SaaS solutions
- 4+ years experience managing a UX design team with a track record managing and inspiring people to achieve their maximum potential
- Experience with AI/machine learning technologies is strongly preferred
- Strong organizational and influencing skills across teams, ability to engage stakeholders, to understand change readiness, manage differences and create buy-in
- Bachelor's degree in industrial design, UX/interaction design, or another design-related field
- Experience working in direct collaboration with product managers, developers, and stakeholders for the implementation of designs
- Incredible problem solving, design skills, and product sense that inspire the teams you lead
- Excellent communication (written and verbal), presentation, interpersonal and analytical skills; the ability to communicate complex interaction concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization
- Effectiveness in working across organizational boundaries and distributed teams to define, manage, and prioritize work
- Experience in ownership of projects and communicating timelines and executing independently
What the job involves
- Our cross-functional Experience Design and Research consists of Industrial Design, UI/UX, Design Research, and Human Factors practitioners who design for diverse and challenging markets
- Each of these core capabilities contributes within a user-centered design process to leverage our advanced wireless communications, cloud & mobile applications, video, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to envision a new generation of life-changing – and life-saving – products, applications and services
- As a Senior Manager of UX Design, you’ll inspire a team of designers to create the next generation of commercial and public safety applications
- You will provide leadership and direction to bring out the best in your team and mentor them through their career growth. You will be championing human-centered design best practices and infusing that into the overall product development process
- You will collaborate with leaders of the global UX team, Product Management, and Engineering teams to define product roadmaps and ensure design quality
- Manage and mentor a team of user experience designers as part of a larger UX design team located across the globe, coaching, directing and unblocking as needed, to produce great work that delights customers and achieves business goals
- Proactively seek out strategic partnerships across organizations at every level, build strong relationships with product, technology and business stakeholders
- Collaborate with UX researchers and product managers to take insights from the field and ideate, prototype, and deliver designs to development teams to make them a reality
- Optimize internal design processes and allocate resources to meet project timelines
- Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices, design tools, and standards
- Work with product managers to influence product strategy and to ensure user-centric and design-led product development
- Ensure product success by creating intuitive, delightful, and high-performance user interfaces
- Evangelize and evolve our UX practice, culture and craft, lead design meetings and actively participate in design reviews and design direction
- Regularly and actively engage team members in career management conversions, charting a path and providing tools to develop skills as well as create new growth opportunities
- Hold each team member to the highest level of quality and professionalism
Our take
Motorola Solutions is a leading provider of communication and software solutions tailored for public safety and enterprise sectors. Its extensive portfolio includes mission-critical radios, command center software and video security systems designed to enhance operational efficiency and safety.
The company's focus extends beyond mere hardware, as it emphasizes integrated software solutions that facilitate communication and data management. This integration of hardware and software ensures clients can respond promptly and effectively to challenges.
Looking ahead, the company is opening a new R&D center in Cork, creating 200 jobs to advance land mobile radio technology. This investment supports its growth and innovation, building on its existing Irish presence and recent acquisition of Tetra Solutions.
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Company
Company benefits
- Flexible work models
- Paid time off
- Paid parental and family leave
- Health care benefits
- Global wellness resources
- Employee assistance programs
- Rotation programs
- Mentor relationships
- Learning and development opportunities
- Retirement benefits
- Employee bonuses
- Stock grants & employee stock purchase plans
Company HQ
West Loop Gate, Chicago, IL
Leadership
James J. O'Connor
(Co-Founder)Co-founded Motorola Solutions in 1999. Founder and Chairman of Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center and 1871. They are also the Global Head of Venture Capital and Managing Director at William Blair.
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