Manager, UX Design

Summary

Join Turnitin, a global leader in education technology, as a UX Design Manager. You will lead a team of designers, crafting elegant design solutions for educational products used worldwide. Responsibilities include managing the user experience design of multiple programs, setting the UX vision, and fostering a user-centered design culture. You will collaborate with product and engineering teams and champion best practices. Success requires driving operational excellence, thriving in a fast-paced environment, and demonstrating strong leadership and collaboration skills. Turnitin offers a remote-centric culture and a comprehensive benefits package prioritizing well-being.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI) or equivalent professional experience
• 6+ years of industry experience in UX design or related discipline
• Experience managing a design team. Proven ability to drive better outcomes through coaching
• Experience leading design teams that deliver end-to-end experiences with large scope and complexity
• A strong portfolio of the candidate’s personal design work and design team deliverables under this candidates’ leadership, demonstrating user-centered, multi-platform and scalable design solutions

Responsibilities

• Leads a talented team of UX designers by defining and sustaining best practices
• Manages the user experience design of multiple mid-to-large-sized programs through leading a design team
• Participates in setting the vision for the UX organization and influencing the product roadmap
• Champions for user-centered design culture. Drives creative process and collaboration with cross-functional partners to propose new ideas and strategies
• Models behavior that exemplifies Turnitin values on their team. Raises the design bar for the team
• Provides coaching and feedback, with an emphasis on growing design acumen
• Creates and drives adoption of design guidelines, mechanisms, best practices, process and tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in driving viable UX frameworks and product architectures in highly ambiguous environments
• Demonstrated ability to deliver large- scale strategic design initiatives with a bias toward scalable systems and patterns
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Tracking record of successfully building, growing and retaining design talent, promoting strong creative team culture

Benefits

• Remote First Culture
• Health Care Coverage*
• Education Reimbursement*
• Competitive Paid Time Off
• 4 Self-Care Days per year
• National Holidays*
• 2 Founder Days + Juneteenth Observed
• Paid Volunteer Time*
• Charitable contribution match*
• Monthly Wellness or Home Office Reimbursement*
• Access to Modern Health (mental health platform)
• Parental Leave*
• Retirement Plan with match/contribution*