User Experience Senior Manager (Chicago Hybrid)

At Motorola Solutions, we're guided by a shared purpose - helping people be their best in the moments that matter - and we live up to our purpose every day by solving for safer. Because people can only be their best when they not only feel safe, but are safe. We're solving for safer by building the best possible technologies across every part of our safety and security ecosystem. That's mission-critical communications devices and networks, AI-powered video security & access control and the ability to unite voice, video and data in a single command center view. We're solving for safer by connecting public safety agencies and enterprises, enabling the collaboration that's critical to connect those in need with those who can help. The work we do here matters.

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.

This is a hybrid role operating out of our downtown Chicago Offices.

***Candidates must include a portfolio, personal website, or work samples demonstrating UX apps and services solutions to be considered for the position***

Recent examples from Motorola:

• M500 In-Car Video System
• Vehicle Manager System (LPR Portfolio)
• Avigilon Unity Portfolio
• Avigilon Alta Portfolio

Responsibility Includes:

• 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.

Are You...

• 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.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of professional experience in UX design, preferably at a company focused on designing and delivering SaaS solutions.

• 8+ years experience managing a UX design team with a track record managing and inspiring people to achieve their maximum potential.

• 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.

Note: Candidate must be in the Chicago office 1-2 times per week.

Salary Range: $165,000 USD -$175,000 USD

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• Bachelors Degree

• 10+ years of professional experience

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.

Our U.S.Benefitsinclude:

• Incentive Bonus Plans
• Medical, Dental, Visionbenefits
• 401K with Company Match
• 10 Paid Holidays
• GenerousPaidTime Off Packages
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• PaidParental & Family Leave
• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you'd like to join our team but feel that you don't quite meet all of the preferred skills, we'd still love to hear why you think you'd be a great addition to our team.

We're committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please email ohr@motorolasolutions.com.