Req ID 943059BR
Company Summary Walmart Global eCommerce is comprised of Walmart.com, VUDU, SamsClub.com, and our technical powerhouse @WalmartLabs. Here, innovators incubate next gen e-commerce solutions in real-time. We integrate online, physical, and mobile shopping experiences for billions of customers around the globe. How do we do it? We continuously build and invest in new technology including open source tools and big data innovations. Data scientists, front and back-end engineers, product managers, and web and UX/UI teams collaborate alongside e-commerce experts to envision, prototype, and bring revolutionary ideas to life in a dynamic, flexible and fun work culture.
Job Title Design Director, Retail Core Engine
Position Summary As the Design Director for the Retail Core Engine team, you will design groundbreaking products and tools for Walmart's US eCommerce Business. You'll be working with a brilliant team during one of the most transformative moments in the retail industry.
About the Retail Core Engine:
Our team builds the technologies that empower shoppers to have an experience that is best in class across a multitude of devices, product categories and fulfillment options. As the Design Director of our team, you'll have a once in a lifetime opportunity to impact the behavior of thousands of internal team members and hundreds of millions of consumers.
As the backbone of Walmart's US eCommerce Retail Business, you'll be designing tools and experiences that impact:
- Thousands of Suppliers who rely on our technology to improve their performance
- Millions of customers who shop on Walmart's US-Ecommerce Properties (Walmart.com, Jet.com, Hayneedle, Modcloth, Moosejaw, Bonobos, Shoes.com)
- A diverse set of leaders who represent the best in their fields
- All aspects of the lifecycle that powers a multi-billion dollar businessrtner experience, supply chain, product catalog, search, tooling, consumer experience
- Influence the direction of a company only constrained by your vision and passion to execute
City SAN BRUNO
State CA
Position Description Position Description
It's all about our internal team member's user experience from ideation, exploring experience design concepts, to prototyping and testing. You will build a team of UX/UI experts including strategists, researchers, architects and designers who build best-in-class tools and experiences. It's deeply exciting and rewarding to see our products in our fellow team members' hands.
The Director of Design for Category Tools establishes and drives the overall strategy for design and execution of our internal tools, which are used by hundreds of Category Leaders to drive the customer experience that touches millions of users daily. This is a senior-level role with significant responsibility, creativity, technical expertise, and business sense required.
In This Role, You Will: - Recruit and develop outstanding talent, by coaching, managing and mentoring a team of designers
- Lead an org that works collaboratively as equal owners with Product Management and Engineering to create amazing user experiences that delight clients
- Form your team from the ground up
- Establish and communicate effective design processes through a deep understanding of user-centered design techniques coupled with practical experience in how a design team should collaborate cross-functionally for maximum effectiveness delivering solutions
- Juggle many objectives, as a consistent champion for our team members
- Lead strong teams through dynamic, complex demands, including multiple projects with dependencies on other internal teams
- Apply and further develop your experience in developing new approaches to design tailored to the mission at hand, including agile and lean product development methodologies
- Advocate for our team members and integrate User Research into the product development process
- Manage and approve prototypes, specification documentation and style guides
- Provide overall direction for design
Minimum Qualifications chelor's Degree in Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Psychology, Information Science, Design, Communications, English, Writing, or related field and 7 years user experience design or related field OR 11 years experience in user experience design or related field
- A portfolio of work demonstrating experience creating human-centered design solutions and showing your ability to turn ideas into a strong and differentiated vision
- 2 years of supervisory experience
Additional Preferred Qualifications sters Degree in Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Architecture, Business, or related field
- 8 years experience in software design or related field
- 6 years experience in eCommerce, SaaS or related field
- 2 years experience developing internal user experience solutions with agile methodology
- 2 years experience crafting internal user experience solutions for internal tool development using modern technologies
- Ideally versed in both online and integrated retail environments
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Category User Experience and Design (UX/UI)
Division Walmart.com
Division Summary The Walmart.com team is here to provide amazing digital and physical experiences for our customers - with seamless access to products and services they want. Marketplace allows us to present an even wider array of vendor products on Walmart.com and beyond. Behind the scenes, e-commerce experts are focused on category growth, program management, business development, and seller onboarding. We continuously strive to deliver incredible selection, ease, and e-commerce innovation to customers.
Employment Type Full Time
Requisition Template eCommerce
