Samsung Electronics are hiring a
Ads P&E Head of Product Design and UX
Position Summary
Ads P&E Head of Product Design and UX
About Samsung Ads
Samsung Ads is a fast-growing, advanced advertising technology business that helps brands connect with audiences across Samsung Smart TVs and digital ecosystems. By leveraging the industry’s most comprehensive data and world-class technology, we’re building one of the most intelligent and effective advertising platforms in the world. As part of a global company with teams and stakeholders across North America, Europe, and Asia, Samsung Ads offers an opportunity to work on cutting-edge, high-impact projects at scale. Our culture is rooted in innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurial energy — we thrive on solving complex problems, pushing boundaries, and celebrating progress together.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Lead a high-performing, multi-disciplinary team of product designers, UX researchers, and creative technologists in a fast-paced, high growth, dynamic, agile environment
- Have a specific and clear vision for a high performing, best-in-class Product Design and UX Research team, build the function to that vision, and continuously improve
- Drive collaboration and innovation, empowering the team to do their best work through coaching and mentorship
- Attract, hire, and retain top talent at all levels to develop a world-class organization
- Be opinionated and provide hands-on guidance and direction, while ensuring the teams are able to also identify opportunities and independently creative
- Oversee concept development, from ideation to execution, aligning with HQ and other cross-functional priorities
- Promote excellent design at Samsung and new ways of innovating to set the bar high
- Champion our mission at the executive levels of the organization
- Routinely deliver significant business impact to our internal and external customers
Role and Responsibilities
Background/Experience:
- Bachelor’s/master’s degree in design, HCI or equivalent with 15+ years’ experience
- 10+ years’ experience in leading and managing medium to large-sized multi-disciplinary UX teams
- B2B advertising software experience required
- Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining successful, influential working relationships at all levels of an organization
- Experience managing remote and distributed teams
- Comfortable with ambiguity and pivoting when needed
- Demonstrated experience driving change, being open to new possibilities, and focusing on business impact
- Demonstrated a history of balancing business requirements, technological capabilities, and user insights to deliver great products
- Demonstrated history of ensuring highly collaborative and iterative solution design across functions during product development
- Solid understanding of existing and emerging technologies, their boundaries, and how they apply in the context of consumer products
- Excellent presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex concepts and generate enthusiasm among senior stakeholders
Skills and Qualifications
Compensation for this role, for candidates based in Mountain View, CA, is expected to be between $280,000 ~ $300,000. Actual pay will be determined considering factors such as relevant skills and experience, and comparison to other employees in the role. Regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) have access to benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), Employee Purchase Program, Tuition Assistance (after 6 months), Paid Time Off, Student Loan Program (after 6 months), Wellness Incentives, and many more.
Reasonable Accommodations for Qualified Individuals with Disabilities During the Application Process
Samsung Electronics America is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application process. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application process, please contact our Reasonable Accommodation Team for assistance. This number is for accommodation requests only and is not intended for general employment inquiries.