Role Specific Information
Job Description
About the Role
As Manager, Product Design, you will oversee your team's daily operations, provide guidance, foster a collaborative environment, and ensure alignment with business and prioritization goals. Your design and thought leadership will drive your team members' performance, innovation, and professional development.
What You’ll Do
Drive a customer-first approach for the User Centered Design (UCD) process and bring design thinking to balanced teams
Demonstrate creative leadership helping the team and key stakeholders with product vision, business priorities and aligned outcomes of the Balance Team (BT)
Develop and implement design strategies through key insights and data that enhance user experience, align with business goals and foster innovative solutions for the BTs
Educate and promote research methods and educate BTs on how to choose optimal learning plans for every project
Create intuitive and impactful holistic Merchandizing experiences that enhances users workflow
Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to ensure projects align with overall business objectives
Employ and build holistic design system to meet ambiguous and complex challenges, ensuring interconnectedness and efficiencies across system components
Additional tasks may be assigned
What Skills You Have
Required
6-10 years experience as a designer creating software products and owning an experience
Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field of study, or equivalent work experience
Relevant experiencin enterprise systems design
Management experience
Preferred
Experience in User-Centered Design, closely collaborating with agile Software Developers/Product managers and contributing to successful products using Lean Startup and Agile methodologies
Deep experience in: Experience Design, User Research, Interaction Design, Visual Design or Service Design
Prior experience in merchandizing and familiarity with industry standards in Merchandise higharchy and process.
Comfort with ambiguous problems, legacy technology and net new solutions
Essential Functions
The requirements listed below are representative of functions you will be required to perform, however you may be required to perform additional functions. Kohl’s may revise this job description at any time. To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, absent undue hardship.
Ability to perform the accountabilities listed in the “What You’ll Do” Section
Ability to comply with dress code requirements
Basic math and reading skills, legible handwriting, and basic computer operation
Ability to maintain prompt and regular attendance and meet scheduling requirements as set by the company
Ability to learn and comply with all company policies, procedures, standards and guidelines
Ability to give direction and to receive, understand and proactively respond to direction from leadership and other company personnel
Ability to work as part of a team and interact effectively and appropriately with others
Ability to maintain composure and work in a fast paced environment while accomplishing multiple tasks within established timeframes
Ability to satisfactorily complete company training programs
Ability to use a personal computer for tasks such as communicating, preparing reports, etc.
Ability to plan, prioritize and monitor activities across business units
Ability to complete or oversee the completion of assigned projects in a timely manner
Top Skills
What We Do
Kohl’s is a leading omnichannel retailer with more than 1,100 stores in 49 states
Kohl's business is built on a solid foundation of more than 65 million customers, an unmatched brand portfolio, industry-leading loyalty and Kohl's Card programs, a convenient and accessible nationwide store footprint, and large digital business on Kohls.com and the Kohl's mobile app.
Our Vision:
- The retailer of choice for the active and casual lifestyle
- Destination for active and casual lifestyle as well as beauty for the entire family — from the most trusted brands,
always delivering quality and discovery
- Leading with loyalty and value through best-in-class rewards programs
- Differentiated omnichannel experience — easy and inviting, no matter how our customer wants to shop