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General Motors SGM Software Experience & Design Director in Shanghai, China
Job Description
Responsibilities
Customer Experience
Define design vision & design OKRs and overall customer journey
Identify current and future design trends & analyzes potential opportunities and/or impact on the digital group
Create overall customer journey for the digital experiences across all brands
Design Practice Management
Grow and direct a team of 100+ user experience staff including multi-disciplinary designers, researchers, and strategists at various contributor and management levels
Develop and mature teams focused on creative, content, conversational, and product design
Manage relationships with and projects executed by third party design partners and agencies
Collaborate with design, product management, and technology leaders to implement operating standards for our studio to ensure speed to market, clear business impact, and design ROI
Function as a champion for user experience design across the enterprise, improving partnership and design influence and ensuring the best customer experience clarity and designed for
Creative Direction
Lead and function as the voice of creative design and direction for the China Software and Digital Business Team
Integrate within global design to translate brand DNA into executable digital design language
Develop, implement, and drive adoption of a multi-brand design system
Advocate for world class digital brand experiences across the enterprise, including with senior leadership
Design Research
Develop research and data-informed design approaches to ensure the customer’s voice drives experience strategies and safeguard design quality in execution
Leverage customer insights to explore and envision the future, champion advanced projects and initiatives with design at the forefront
Requirements
10+ years of experience creating user interfaces, digital products, or complex software applications across a range of channels
5+ years of experience directly managing creative or design teams
Bachelor’s degree in Design, IT, Business, Engineering, Communications, or related discipline
Proven record of creating successful digital products or experiences at enterprise scale
Deep expertise in the user experience design process, agile software development methodologies, and product development lifecycles
Strong portfolio with work samples displaying expertise in user experience design, creativity, and depth of thought
Exceptional communication skills and the ability to articulate design decisions and rationale with clarity and objectivity; experience presenting to diverse audiences including senior leadership
Strong relationship building, influencing, and negotiation abilities with cross-functional and executive stakeholders
About GM
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Why Join Us
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