Sr. Product Design Manager

Description

The company runs a global streaming platform with services including Peacock, NOW/WOW, and SkyShowtime, and operates in more than 70 countries.

The Viewing Product team is a cross-functional group of product managers, UX researchers, UX designers, product engineers, and data scientists. It is a fast-paced, high-performance team working on technology, sports, news, TV, movies and more, with the goal of getting customers to content they love faster and more easily.

The company is part of the company, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation, alongside Sky. Its streaming brands sit within a wider group that includes NBC, Bravo, Telemundo, Universal Pictures and theme parks.

Responsibilities

• Lead, grow and mentor a small team of designers while still doing senior individual contributor work yourself.
• Set the vision, strategy and design direction for how audiences find and watch content on Peacock.
• Balance guiding your team's work with owning high-priority projects, keeping them aligned with company goals, design principles and long-term product vision.
• Work on discovery and playback experiences, with a focus on TV and also mobile and web. This covers helping viewers find their next show, plus playback, live events, replays and lean-back viewing.
• Translate user needs into cross-platform experiences, and coach the team to do the same.
• Deliver production-ready UX designs that meet business and UX goals for domestic and international audiences.
• Manage, coach and grow the designers: run critiques, weigh cross-functional priorities, support career development, and set patterns and practices for the team and product.
• Align stakeholders and leadership around research insights and design decisions.
• Work with the wider UX team on ideation and concept exploration across project lifecycles, and facilitate UX solutions, discussions and planning while keeping oversight of projects.
• Turn insights into actions that fit long-term design and product strategy.
• Balance people leadership with hands-on design, staying close enough to the details to lead by example.
• Keep a critical eye and pay close attention to detail.

Requirements

• A degree in design, computer science or human factors, or equivalent work experience.
• 7+ years of relevant design work, including 3+ years directly managing, mentoring and developing designers.
• Proven experience as a player-coach, growing a small team while producing senior-level design work.
• Ability to explain design solutions clearly to stakeholders.
• Understanding of interaction design principles.
• Strong fluency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite and AI tools.
• Experience with UX and prototyping development and motion graphics best practices.
• Strong collaboration, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects against deadlines.
• A strong portfolio covering web, mobile and digital media.
• Deep knowledge of cross-platform usability standards and UI specifications.
• Familiarity with streaming platforms such as Roku, Fire TV, Samsung, Apple TV and X1.
• Experience with accessibility, localization and internationalization best practices.
• Seasoned design and people leadership, with high standards across UX and product design, especially for TV, mobile and web discovery and playback.
• Curiosity about viewers and teammates, and a habit of keeping up with consumer digital trends, emerging technology and interaction models.
• Use of both viewer feedback and performance data to guide decisions.
• Ability to pick the most impactful ideas and take them through evaluation, experimentation and release.
• Ability to switch between managing the team and contributing as a designer across projects and priorities.
• Clear storytelling and communication, explaining design rationale and aligning cross-functional partners behind a shared vision, and coaching the team to do the same.
• Ability to discuss industry best practices, changing viewer behavior, market strategy and competitor standards in streaming.
• Resourceful and driven, comfortable with bold ideas and practical, high-quality output, and able to manage the team, set the big picture or dig into details.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with constant iteration and collaboration.

Conditions

Hybrid role requiring work from the office at least four days per week. The company may change in-office requirements at any time.

Salary range of $150,000 to $190,000, with eligibility for bonus and long-term incentive.

The company is an equal opportunity employer that champions an inclusive culture.

Benefits

• Bonus and long-term incentive eligibility.