UX Design Manager

Overview

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Responsibilities

The Opportunity

Are you hungry to be a part of the world’s largest portfolio of billion-dollar food and beverage brands? Then now is the time to explore the opportunities of PepsiCo: what makes you unique makes us better. The Digital Products and Services team within PepsiCo’s global Strategy and Transformation group is tasked with articulation of the vision, execution and implementing PEP’s next generation global digital products and data infrastructure. The UX Design team is not only responsible for software design solutions but will also be accountable for the resultant business improvement and outcomes.

Your Impact

As UX Design Manager your responsibilities would consist of:

Your role will be to be part of growing team based in Mexico City, to create and support global digital products for PepsiCo. These products will be around topics like revenue management, supply chain, manufacturing, logistics. You will be part of a collaborative interdisciplinary team focused on Engineering & UX Design, where you will apply systems thinking, turning inputs into actionable strategies and designs. You will work closely with designers, process owners, product owners and business users. As an internal ambassador of the team’s culture around Product & UX Design, you will provide stewardship to colleagues in your area of expertise or specialization.

Responsibilities:

1. You will participate in the entire design process of our digital products & services from initial research, ideation, and conceptualization to design, user testing and validation.
2. Lead and mentor a team of UX designers to ensure the delivery of high-quality, user-centered design solutions that align with business goals and user needs.
3. You will plan and conduct Primary and Secondary Research. You will synthesize research and build insights, reframe problems, and provide recommendations that enable our teams to generate and iterate on new solutions.
4. You will apply Human-Centered Design and UX Design Thinking approaches to guide the discovery and production of low-fidelity and high-fidelity deliverables.
5. You will plan and co-facilitate workshops internally and externally. Manage approaches that identify and solve complex problems.
6. You will create project deliverables: such as low and hi fidelity UI prototypes, design using a Design System, discussion guides for research, insights reports and presentations among other materials relevant to the client challenge.
7. Coordinate work activities with your digital team, Business teams, other IT services and as required.
8. Communicate with business stakeholders in the process of Service Design, training and knowledge transfer.
9. Influence product teams through user centric design.

Qualifications

Who Are We Looking For?

1. 8+ years’ of experience designing digital products & services as part of a multidisciplinary team.
2. Deep understanding of the Service Design and UX Design disciplines. Proven experience and knowledge on implementation and facilitation of the overall design process, using a variety of methodologies like: Process Mapping, User Journey Mapping, User Story Mapping, Wireframing, UI prototyping, User Testing, etc.
3. Proven experience in leading and mentoring a team of UX designers to deliver high-quality, user centered design solutions that align with business goals and user needs.
4. Experience with industry standard design and research tools (Adobe CC, Sketch, Figma, InVision, User testing).
5. Experience in designing, building and managing a Design System across our eco-system of products and services.
6. Experience leading digital product design, leading other designers to.
7. Strong communications and organizational skills with the ability to deal with ambiguity while juggling multiple priorities.
8. Experience with Agile and SAFe methodology for team work and analytics ‘product’ creation. Fluent in Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence.
9. Experience creating a project vision, execution, and overall quality.
10. Experience with planning and conducting user research and user testing sessions including moderator guides to generate artifacts from synthesis.
11. Experience advocating a User Centric Design approach that help in understanding the needs, pain point and desires of our users.
12. Experience in designing responsive digital products, with a strong focus on mobile, both native and hybrid.
13. Experience with workshop planning and facilitation.

Please apply with a portfolio that shows your latest works and achievements.

If this is an opportunity that interests you, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet 100% of the requirements.

What can you expect from us:

• Opportunities to learn and develop every day through a wide range of programs.
• Internal digital platforms that promote self-learning.
• Development programs according to Leadership skills.
• Specialized training according to the role.
• Learning experiences with internal and external providers.
• We love to celebrate success, which is why we have recognition programs for seniority, behavior, leadership, moments of life, among others.
• Financial wellness programs that will help you reach your goals in all stages of life.
• A flexibility program that will allow you to balance your personal and work life, adapting your working day to your lifestyle.
• And because your family is also important to us, they can also enjoy benefits such as our Wellness Line, thousands of Agreements and Discounts, Scholarship programs for your children, Aid Plans for different moments of life, among others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We respect and value diversity as a work force and innovation for the organization.