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Form of workWho We Are:
SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora, SiriusXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM Connected Vehicle Services) are leading a new era of audio entertainment and services by delivering the most compelling subscription and ad-supported audio entertainment experience for listeners -- in the car, at home, and anywhere on the go with connected devices. Our vision is to shape the future of audio, where everyone can be effortlessly connected to the voices, stories and music they love wherever they are.
This is the place where a diverse group of emerging talent and legends alike come to share authentic and purposeful songs, stories, sounds and insights through some of the best programming and technology in the world. Our critically-acclaimed, industry-leading audio entertainment encompasses music, sports, comedy, news, talk, live events, and podcasting. No matter their individual role, each of our employees plays a vital part in bringing SiriusXM's vision to life every day.
SiriusXMis the leading audio entertainment company in North America, and the premier programmer and platform for subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products. SiriusXM's platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free tiers in North America, and deliver music, sports, talk, news, comedy, entertainment and podcasts. Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S. SiriusXM's subsidiaries; Simplecast and AdsWizz make it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics and monetization. The Company's advertising sales organization, which operates as SiriusXM Media, leverages its scale, cross-platform sales organization and ad tech capabilities to deliver results for audio creators and advertisers. SiriusXM, through Sirius XM Canada Holdings, Inc., also offers satellite radio and audio entertainment in Canada. In addition to its audio entertainment businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle services to automakers.
How you'll make an impact:
The Vice President, Listener Experience Design - Automotive is a unique and inspirational leader with demonstrated ability to drive listener engagement growth in the vehicle. This role is responsible for leading the design of SiriusXM's next generation of in-vehicle experiences. This includes the paid and ad-supported subscription tiers of service.
This VP role leads the automotive user Experience Design teams and reports to the SVP & GM Automotive Product & Technology for SiriusXM. Tasked with driving the design strategy, UX roadmap and OEM instantiations for the automotive experience available across all of embedded automotive products. You will be responsible for driving the automotive experience and priorities to deliver listener and engagement growth. The role leverages listener/customer insights, market and industry insights, a deep understanding of business and listener growth objectives, along with the unique requirements in the automotive industry. This role partners closely with other teams in Product & Technology and other Business partners across Marketing, Content, Business Development and our Automotive OEM / Tier 1 partners.
What you'll do:
Leadership of the Automotive Listener Experience & Design group, which consists of design professionals in product design, user experience research, usability, and driver safety testing.
Lead the design of all automotive product user interfaces and work collaboratively with the rest of the design and product organizations to ensure a cohesive Listener Experience.
Lead user journey and touch point mapping, and creation of personas to inform that mapping.
Own overall product design rationale, while building a unique design language that addresses evolving user and customer needs, informs product roadmap and enables rapid feature expansion.
Manage design operations.
Project load management, clear goal setting, and allocation of researchers and designers to deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced and fluid environment.
Set designers up for success and ensure that the team is well equipped to be flexible and effective Lead user research, including personal development and new feature research, and product usability studies.
Build and mentor a team of interaction, visual and IA designers with capabilities that span the full scope of the human-centered design process, from user insights and early concept generation to prototyping and refinement.
Collaborate cross-functionally and manage stakeholder alignment around design strategy, feature definition, and product roadmap.
Influence decision-making through clear communication and demonstration of how design deliverables successfully balance requirements, constraints and user needs.
Work closely with the development teams to ensure a clear roadmap to achieving the vision you set, given the technology platform and development timelines.
Manage, coach, and grow a world-class multi-discipline Listener Experience Design team, covering user research, interaction design, visual design, data analytics, driver workload and other areas of design.
Recruiting, mentoring, and nurturing a highly engaged and passionate organization.
Championing and promoting design thinking, research, and processes within an Scaled agile organization.
Leading internal design thinking and visioning workshops to help the team translate customer insights into product direction.
Continuously improving our methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria.
Generating, communicating, and evangelizing insights, designs and visions to project teams and senior leadership.
Inspiring and motivating the team to provide innovative solutions to customers.
Developing deep partnerships across the executive team and cross-functional peers to set strategy, priorities, and resourcing.
Working with key stakeholders, Product Managers, Product Owners and Software Architects, in order to drive design solutions moving forward.
Ensuring quantifiable business impact via data-driven, informed, and human-centric design goals.
What You'll Need:
15+ years in UXD, visual design, and user research, with 7+ years specifically leading UX teams.
5+ years' managing multi-layer teams, covering multiple discipline of design.
Successful track record of UX design for streaming applications and automotive applications.
Demonstrated expertise working in complex, collaborative, cross-functional teams with strong influence, communication, and partnership skills.
Strong execution track record of seeing conceptual designs through to products that launched, to positive end-user feedback & adoption.
Recognized user experience subject matter expert in the field.
Ability to influence, present and partner with both internal and external senior management.
Ability to identify, coach and groom top talent, and proactively develop employees.
Detail-oriented, resourceful, and able to manage shifting priorities.
Experience working in a cloud software product company, driving design from planning to release over multiple releases, serving millions of users.
Experience designing for a broad set of UI platforms including connected devices, connected TVs, web, desktop, and mobile.
Familiar with agile methodology, modern software development process and has a clear sense where Experience Design team can fit in.
Ability to distill complex processes into simple, clear, user interactions.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
Must have legal right to work in the U.S.
Our goal at SiriusXM is to provide and maintain a work environment that fosters mutual respect, professionalism and cooperation. SiriusXM is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, gender identity, marital status, familial status, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
The requirements and duties described above may be modified or waived by the Company in its sole discretion without notice.
Employment Type: FULL_TIME
