Group Product Design Manager, Rider Verticals

About the Role

Uber is seeking a Group Product Design Manager to lead and grow a team of designers focused on shaping the future of the Rider Experience. In this role, you will have the opportunity to impact how the world moves, designing for people of all backgrounds and abilities across the globe, leading the creation and delivery of delightful, user-centric experiences.

You'll collaborate with engineers, data scientists, product managers, and some of the world's best designers and researchers in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. This role requires systems thinking, exceptional execution, bold innovation, a commitment to quality, and a deep passion for solving customer challenges.

What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points

---- What the Candidate Will Do ----

1. You'll collaborate with design and cross-functional collaborators to help craft the vision and strategies behind some of the most important and exciting initiatives in the company.
2. Set the bar high by knowing what quality looks like and how to help product teams ship at that quality with minimal impact on velocity.
3. Hire and coach designers to become the collaborative glue that inspires product management and engineering while also developing their competencies at envisioning what could be.
4. Be the voice of the customer and champion solving user problems
5. Help designers develop a wide array of hard and soft skills based on their career goals and what the team needs
6. Run design reviews, crits, sprints, and own some of your own projects.
7. You should feel comfortable changing elevations quickly, from high-level critical thinking to evaluating research, interaction, and design execution.

---- Basic Qualifications ----

1. 10+ years of Product Design experience
2. 5+ years of management experience, leading and growing product design teams
3. Clear and effective written, verbal, and visual communication skills
4. Experience building products for mobile apps, tablets, and web interfaces

---- Preferred Qualifications ----

1. Demonstrate long-term thinking around strategic and business-focused activities.
2. Will have shipped many successful software products with a significant impact on the user experience and business. 0-1 experience is a plus.
3. Extensive experience conducting and/or collaborating with user research and data science to demonstrate their respective insights.
4. Will have managed and mentored both junior and more senior product designers.
5. Proven track record to provide thought leadership and guide a team towards achieving a common goal.
6. Excellent communication and analytical skills.
7. Experience in multi-sided marketplaces, mobility, AI, or autonomous vehicles is a plus.

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Ready to Ride?

This isn't the kind of place where you follow a playbook - it's where you help write one. If you're driven by impact, energized by challenge, and ready to shape how the world moves - we'd love to hear from you.

You may be eligible for bonuses, equity, and other compensation, as well as a range of benefits. Explore our benefits.

Offices remain key to collaboration and Uber's culture. Unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in-office. Some roles, like those at greenlight hubs, require full-time in-office presence. Ask your Recruiter for details about this role's requirements.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.