UX Designer IV - Sr Product Design Lead

Job Responsibilities / Typical Day in the Role

• The Sr. Product Design Lead will lead the design of applications and platforms that support the Content Sales organization at Warner Bros. This role will focus on transforming complex content licensing business workflows such as rights management, deal management, forecasting, and rights planning into intuitive, user-centered digital experiences that will transform the team s ability to make faster data-driven decisions.

o Experience Design & Interaction: Lead the UX/UI design process using a Design Thinking framework for our Content Sales Planning web-based applications. They will create prototypes to visualize concepts, user flows, and validate the design. They will translate intricate business logic into intuitive interfaces. 33%

o Research & Insights: This role will work closely with our Design Researcher to conduct interviews, workshops and usability testing to uncover pain points and opportunities. They will synthesis patterns and trends derived from user feedback and data to present thematic insights, workflows and user journeys. 33%

o Collaboration & Facilitation: The Sr. Product Design Lead will work closely with the End User Community and the Functional Team (UI/UX Designer, Product Manager, Business Analyst(s)) to ensure that designs are understood and translated into user stories with clear acceptance criteria. They will work with the Technical Delivery Team (Scrum Master, Engineers) to ensure the delivered products and platforms meet the user needs. They will maintain consistency by leveraging shared design systems, ensuring accessibility, and brand alignment. 33%

Must Have Skills / Requirements

1) Proven experience with Design Thinking Framework

1. 10+ years of experience; Experience with design research.

2) Experience working with Product-Oriented Delivery Team

1. 10+ years of experience; Working with matrixed, smaller teams in an Agile framework.

3) Ability to coach and mentor team members

1. 10+ years of experience; Proven ability to coach their team through user-centric designs.

Nice to Have Skills / Preferred Requirements

1) Design Thinking Certification

2) Experience in designing enterprise products or tools

3) Experience in software design and development

4) Background in Media & Entertainment industry

5) Background in Sales Planning

Soft Skills/Background:

1) Experience delivering products using a Design Thinking approach

2) Strong ability to interpret data, find patterns, and generate insights from research findings

3) Experience with Safe Agile framework

4) Proven visual design skills as demonstrated in portfolio

5) Proven experience with data and task-centric interfaces

6) Ability to work independently with little direct supervision

7) Must be comfortable with ambiguity; must be flexible and able to continuously iterate as details are better understood or requirements are refined

8) Must quickly ramp up on business needs, project deliverables for in-flight initiatives

9) Ability to design complex data visualization and workflow-driven systems

10) Proficient in responsive web design and design system methodologies

11) Must be comfortable with ambiguity; must be flexible and able to continuously iterate as details are better understood or requirements are refined

12) Must quickly ramp up on business needs, project deliverables for in-flight initiatives

13) Ability to design complex data visualization and workflow-driven systems

14) Proficient in responsive web design and design system methodologies

15) Able to communicate with and build trust-based relationships across different functions and teams

16) The ability to present complex data and findings in a clear and compelling way to stakeholders at all levels.

17) Comfort in fast-paced, evolving environments

18) Able to show resiliency when dealing with setbacks.

19) Ideal candidate will have experience with Design thinking, (user-centric) design framework, working on a high matrixed product-centric team, and have experience delivering products platform using the SAFe agile methodology. Must be based in Burbank and able to work in-off from Tuesday through Thursday.

Technology Requirements:

1) Figma

2) Adobe Creative Suite

3) Miro

4) Atlassian Suite Jira, Confluence

5) M365