M4M4 — Director
UI/UX Design Engineering Manager (M4)
Leads the team responsible for user interface and experience design, ensuring intuitive and user-centered designs.
What this level means
Leads a function or department; owns strategy, budget, and outcomes for the area.
- Scope
- A function or department
- Autonomy
- Owns area strategy and budget
- Complexity
- Strategic priorities and cross-functional alignment
- Impact
- Function-level results
- Decision rights
- Owns strategy, budget, and org design for the area
- Leadership
- Leads managers; sets direction for the function
- Typical experience
- 10–15 yrs
What you'd do
- Direct a team of UI/UX designers in developing product designs.
- Oversee user research, usability testing, and prototyping.
- Develop and maintain UI/UX standards and guidelines.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to align designs with business goals.
- Monitor UI/UX trends and emerging technologies.
- Lead UI/UX design projects.
- Conduct usability testing and analysis.
- Develop UI/UX guidelines.
- Collaborate with product teams.
- Stay updated on UI/UX trends.
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Design leadership
- Usability testing
- Prototyping
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Trend analysis
- User interface standards
- User experience principles
- Design thinking
- Emerging UI/UX technologies
- Customer insights
- User-Centered Design Leadership
- Creative Problem Solving
- Communication and Collaboration
- Strategic decision-making
- Empathy and Customer Insight
What good looks like
- Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, or related fields.
- 8+ years experience in UI/UX design.
- Master’s degree preferred.
- UX/UI certifications (NN/g UX Certification, Interaction Design Foundation, Certified Usability Analyst - CUA).
Common titles
UI/UX Design Engineering Manager (M4)Mid-Level Management
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
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