Team Manager, Experience Design

Pearson VUE

. Lead and develop a team of UX designers through coaching, feedback, and career guidance .

Posted 9/30/2026full-timeHoboken • New Jersey • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $175,000 - $195,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in UX design leadership, balancing hands-on design work with strategic oversight. Proficient in managing complex design projects, integrating access management, and ensuring adherence to design standards across multi-product ecosystems.

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UX Design LeadershipIdentity/Access ManagementAI-Assisted Design ToolsEnd-to-End UX DesignCollaborative Leadership

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Hard Skills

UX DesignService DesignDesign StrategyPrototypingDesign System AdoptionMulti-Actor Journey MappingComplex Product DesignIntegration SetupAccess ManagementDesign Standards

Soft Skills

CoachingFeedbackCommunicationDecision-MakingConflict Resolution

Tools & Technologies

AI-Assisted Design ToolsPrototyping ToolsDesign Planning Tools

Industry Keywords

B2B IntegrationAdmin ConsolesAuthentication ProtocolsPermissions ModelsProvisioning LogicLMS/SIS Data SyncRoles and Entitlements

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and develop a team of UX designers through coaching, feedback, and career guidance
Define design strategy and quality standards for integrations, access management, and design system work
Balance hands-on design work with people management
Own UX delivery across the platform and access-management product area
Prioritize and sequence work across multiple teams with conflicting priorities
Partner with Product, Engineering, and Architecture to align roadmaps, priorities, and success metrics
Run design planning, critique, and review rituals
Resolve ambiguity, clarify scope, and navigate trade-offs shaped by authentication protocols, permissions models, and provisioning logic
Reinforce design standards, accessibility, and design system adoption for admin consoles, permissions interfaces, and integration setup flows
Shape platform experiences connecting, securing, and managing access across a multi-product learning ecosystem

Requirements

What you’ll need

7–10+ years of professional experience in UX design
3+ years leading designers
Direct experience with at least one of: identity/access management, admin/settings consoles, B2B integration setup flows, or platform configuration tools
Service design experience mapping multi-actor journeys and touchpoints across systems is a strong plus
Experience using AI-assisted design and prototyping tools
Comfort designing for AI-driven or agentic capabilities intersecting with platform and admin experiences
Strong foundation in end-to-end UX design across complex, multi-surface products, including modern and legacy systems
Proven experience managing priorities across multiple workstreams and stakeholders with conflicting demands
Ability to make defensible decisions under ambiguity and communicate trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
Collaborative leadership style across product, engineering, security, and design
Ability to switch between hands-on design guidance and higher-level planning
Experience with integrations including SSO, LTI, rostering, LMS/SIS data sync, or access management involving roles, entitlements, and admin consoles

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual incentive program
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