Senior Product Designer II
Job Description
The Opportunity
You'll be designing with more human behavior data than almost anywhere else on the planet.
At Nielsen, we measure how billions of people watch, listen, and buy across the globe. As a Senior Product Designer II, you'll help build the design vision for major product lines and platforms, turning this huge, complex dataset into products that media professionals, advertisers, and agencies rely on for critical business decisions.
You'll work on problems where neither the question nor the answer is defined yet. What should cross-media measurement look like three years from now? How do we bring a fragmented product suite into one coherent experience? Which initiatives move the business, and which ones should we stop?
If you love shaping product direction, solving the hardest design problems, and raising the bar for the people around you, this role is for you.
What You'll Do
Build the design vision for major product lines
Set the direction for entire products or platforms, not just features. Your work connects user needs to business outcomes and shapes design standards across Nielsen.
Solve the problems others struggle with
Lead core architectural changes, redesigns of critical flows, and high-priority initiatives where craft has to hold up under pressure. Work at the tactical and strategic level at the same time, across several projects.
Set research strategy for ambiguous problems
Decide which questions need answering and which methods fit, then guide the team through the work. Use behavioral data and research to shape product direction and fill gaps in what partners know.
Influence the roadmap
Negotiate trade-offs between Product, Engineering, and Design. Build data-backed cases for design-led initiatives that change priorities at the leadership level, and say so clearly when a project is high-effort but low-outcome.
Evolve our design system
Bring new patterns and help make governance decisions for the design system used across Nielsen's global products. Know when to go beyond the system, and be able to explain why.
Grow the team around you
Mentor designers, run workshops and design jams, and advocate for your teammates' growth. Improve how design works with other functions, from handoffs to sprint planning.
Requirements
Department: Product
Function: Product Management
Experience Level: Not Applicable