Sr. Manager UX Design, Sponsored Products and Brands

About the role

We are looking for a strategic and inspiring Sr. Manager, UX Design to lead a multi-disciplinary design team delivering exceptional user experiences across complex, cross-functional product areas. In this role, you will set the design vision, build and develop a high-performing team, and partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, and Business stakeholders to create customer-centric solutions that are simple, elegant, and impactful at scale. You operate at the intersection of customer needs, business goals, and technical boundaries — bringing clarity and cohesion to ambiguous, high-stakes design challenges. You are a leader of leaders who fosters a culture of innovation, inclusion, and design excellence.

The Sponsored Products and Brands team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the advertising landscape through industry-leading generative AI technologies, revolutionizing how millions of customers discover products and engage with brands across Amazon.com and beyond. We are at the forefront of re-inventing advertising experiences, bridging human creativity with artificial intelligence to transform every aspect of the advertising lifecycle from ad creation and optimization to performance analysis and customer insights. We are a passionate group of innovators dedicated to developing responsible and intelligent AI technologies that balance the needs of advertisers, enhance the shopping experience, and strengthen the marketplace.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of UX designers (and potentially design managers), spanning multiple products or programs within the organization
• Define and drive the UX strategy and design vision, ensuring alignment with business goals and long-term customer needs
• Partner with Product Management, Engineering, and Research to influence product definition, roadmaps, and strategic initiatives
• Champion human-centered design practices and raise the design bar across the organization
• Guide your team to work backwards from the customer, delivering solutions that are simple, functional, and beautiful
• Foster innovation and a culture of strategic risk-taking, diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Drive narrative and strategic initiatives (e.g., vision documents, design tenets, long-range plans)
• Build alignment across partner teams and senior stakeholders; manage escalations and navigate competing priorities with sound judgment
• Establish design standards, patterns, and processes that scale across teams and organizations
• Recruit, develop, and retain top design talent; build a pipeline of future design leaders
• Present design strategy and work to executive leadership, influencing outcomes at the organizational level

Requirements

• 10+ years of design experience
• 5+ years of leading multi-discipline Design teams (e.g., visual design, interaction design, user research, etc.)
• Experience managing teams
• Experience leading a diverse team in the delivery of experiences from end to end (user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity visuals)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience presenting to and effectively advising senior leaders outside of design
• Experience embedding design within product teams for agile design and development collaboration

Pay

• USA, NY, New York: $198,300.00 - $268,400.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Seattle: $180,300.00 - $244,000.00 USD annually

Benefits

• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and option for Supplemental life plans)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support
• Medical Advice Line
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave

Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs/en/benefits.