Sr Product Designer - AI Commerce Tools (Finance)

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

Yahoo is seeking a curious and craft-minded product designer to lead the design of new AI-powered tools and experiences that help people through everyday life journeys - things like shopping, daily wellness, managing health, moving, car buying, and more. As a Senior Product Designer in the Platforms design team, your work will expand our existing Yahoo Commerce website into a destination for people to get trustworthy guidance on what products and services are best for their life. This role will use user insights and strategic thinking to design AI-powered experiences for millions of Yahoo users and potential shoppers. You will work with other designers, Product Managers, Researchers, Engineers, and Content Strategists to deliver features that help us grow the Yahoo Commerce content footprint and drive business impact.

This role demands exceptional design craft, cross-functional collaboration, an obsession with quality and user needs, and the ability to navigate the rapidly changing landscape of AI interface design to imagine and ship amazing product experiences.

If you enjoy taking responsibility to drive products forward with design and have a passion for figuring out emerging technology, this role is for you.

Key Responsibilities:

As Sr Product Designer, you'll be involved in the product development cycle from start to finish-imagining, creating and shipping innovative designs that set new standards for AI-powered shopping and commerce experiences in Yahoo products.

• Lead Design Initiatives: Take ownership of key commerce projects from ideation through prototyping, validation and delivery of product features, shaping the design and ensuring all work aligns with user needs and business goals.
• AI Innovation: Keep tabs on the rapid evolution of AI interfaces and agent design, and help Yahoo push the boundaries of what's possible in consumer-facing products.
• Collaborative Design Process: Contribute to stakeholder discussions, design reviews, workshops, and other rituals to ensure alignment with product and engineering teams.
• Quality and Craft: Maintain a high bar of quality by knowing what good looks like in the evolving AI landscape and consistently delivering top-notch designs and design artifacts.
• Drive Work Forward: Proactively drive projects forward through design artifacts and processes, keeping work moving and contributing to high-velocity development.
• User-Centered Design: Champion user-centric design principles and user experience research to ensure designs are grounded in real user needs and behavioral insights.
• Strategic Influence: Deliver innovative solutions to novel new design challenges in the AI era, contributing to the design vision and strategy for the Yahoo Commerce team.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of product design experience.
• A portfolio demonstrating high-quality design craft and a track record of delivering impactful product experiences that users love.
• Strong knowledge of modern user experience design methodologies, principles, and frameworks.
• Demonstrable experience designing AI-powered tools or features preferred.
• Experience working with qualitative and quantitative data to balance user needs and business objectives.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally and build relationships across the organization.
• Experience collaborating on design projects with cross-functional partners.
• Proficiency with Figma and other design tools like Adobe Creative Suite.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted design tools and processes.

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies ; exercising sound judgment ; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others ; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations ; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

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The compensation for this position ranges from $128,250.00 - $266,875.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience.The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.

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