Meesho - Manager - Design

We are looking for:

We are looking for a problem-solving, forward-thinking UX Design Manager. Someone who can lead & influence a team of designers. A leader who can strategise & scale by empowering other designers in the team. They will be instrumental in developing strong relationships & collaborations with Business, Product, Engineering & Data counterparts in building delightful & memorable shopping experiences.

If you love designing, keeping users first, getting deep into data, working with multiple stakeholders and have a knack for finding ways to improve processes and launch bar-raising experiences for customers, be sure to send us your application. We promise you an exciting professional journey, stimulating challenges, and a vibrant workplace!

As a design leader, you will :

- Mentor, motivate & provide direction to a team of Product & Visual designers.

- Advocate Meesho's values & design principles across the organisation.

- Help elevate Meesho's Design community, culture, and processes.

- Think of the bigger picture, have a holistic view while also diving deep when required.

- Influence design decisions across the organization by earning the trust of your stakeholders. Effectively use quantitative & qualitative data to drive decisions & measure success.

- Be comfortable with ambiguity but use your expertise to build processes that will help create structure and drive excellence and efficiency to help designers accomplish more than they could otherwise.

- Define design roadmap, align team priorities and deliverables to the company's overall strategic goals.

- Plan & manage the growth & development of your team members, while always inspiring them to push boundaries.

- Define KRA's & goals for the team and individuals.

- Drive collaboration of designers with their Product, Engineering, Research, Data and Business counterparts.

- Communicate priorities and key design decisions with stakeholders with your excellent verbal, written & visual communication skill.

What you'll bring to the team

- 6+ years of design experience with at least 1+ years in leading teams.

- At Least 4years in a product company. Experience with startups and fast-paced environments is an added advantage.

- Demonstrate quick career progression either within the same company or across companies.

- Deep understanding of business and customers.

- Application of customer feedback and research to the design process.

- Experience working with cross-functional teams and stakeholder management.

- Used qualitative and quantitative data on consumer insights to extract the underlying user needs, and then driving problems to solutions and opportunities.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate design and articulate decisions clearly and concisely to various audiences.

- A strong portfolio of innovative design work that demonstrates industry-leading design and business success.

- Ability to hire, develop, and manage UX designers, Visual Designer & UX Writers.

- Proven skills in designing and developing simple to complex products. Experience in designing large-scale products in the e-commerce space will be a huge advantage.

Why you'll love the team :

- Because we are solving a unique problem, one that's mostly untouched by other ecommerce players. We are designing ecommerce for the Next Billion Users - the users from Tier-2+ markets who are new to the ecommerce landscape and have (almost) never transacted online before.

- Our design team is as diverse as our users. Today, the team comprises about 30 Designers - including Interaction, Visual, Motion, and Content Designers. And about 8 UX Researchers who add a human-centred perspective to everything.

- But we're more than just that. We're individuals who are obsessed with our users. We empathize. We solve at grassroot levels. We are breaking all the barriers - be it language, literacy, culture, or technology.

- We work like entrepreneurs. We move fast (think 10x speed). This year we created a brand new design system followed by full app revamp - all in just 3 months! It's hardly a coincidence that our monthly orders improved by 2.5x in the last six months.

- Needless to say, it takes a lot more to achieve this than just design. Our effortless collaboration with the leadership team ensures we work towards a common goal and successfully build a user-centred product.

Rocket speed ahead