UX Design Manager, Developer Tools

The Developer Experience Human Interface Design team conceptualizes, designs, and ships the user experience for Apple developer tools. The team designs developer tools, including Xcode, used by millions of developers around the world to build, test, and ship software for Apple's platforms!

Our team is looking for an experienced design leader who is skilled in user-focused design and has a strong understanding of technical concepts and tools. We care deeply about building experiences that elegantly solve for complex workflows with the finesse of Apple’s design principles.

The Developer Experience design team strives to solve the question of what a great developer tool should be. In this role you would be responsible for leading a small team to deliver user experience designs across multiple projects and tools.The role is highly cross functional and requires building strong partnerships with engineering managers, designers and engineers to pitch innovative ideas, foster a collaborative environment, and enhance the effectiveness and cohesion of the team.

As a leader you will drive design direction with a mix of hands on design work and providing creative direction and feedback to the team. This position requires strong communication skills to represent design goals to partners and executives and the ability to interpret and challenge highly technical engineering requirements and business goals to advocate for user-focused product decisions. You will champion Apple's design standards and ensure that designs are functional, comprehensive, and maintains a high level of visual quality.
<h3>Minimum Qualifications</h3>Depth of knowledge of tools and workflows used in software development
Effective at driving clarity in product vision that unites technical requirements with user focus
Ability to build strong partnerships, influence, and lead a team to deliver high quality outcomes
Portfolio demonstrating product design leadership, creative problem solving, and high quality visual design polish
<h3>Preferred Qualifications</h3>5+ years industry experience as a UX designer, Human Computer interaction designer, or related role
2+ years of design management experience