Komatsu

Manager, UI/UX

Komatsu$110K — $130K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design, Web Design, User Interface Design or a related field
  • 7+ years leading UX/UI teams
  • 7+ years designing responsive B2B and B2C eCommerce websites
  • Strong portfolio showcasing complex, large-scale digital re-designs
  • Knowledge of modern web development practices and responsive design
  • Experience with usability testing methodologies
  • Familiarity with web front-end development, HTML/CSS

Responsibilities

  • Own the design and experience of Komatsu's digital products
  • Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary team of designers and researchers
  • Define the long-term UX vision and strategy alongside product teams
  • Develop and maintain a consistent design system across all products
  • Implement best practices for user research and testing
  • Streamline existing processes by adopting UX standards
  • Collaborate with vendors, marketing, and IT to innovate digital strategies

Benefits

  • Health benefits: Medical, dental, vision, HSA, wellness programs
  • 401k and/or employee savings programs
  • Paid time off including vacation and holidays
  • Employee and family assistance programs
  • Disability benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Learning and development opportunities
Full Job Description
Manager, UI/UX

Posting Start Date: 1/26/26



Requisition ID: 35028

Onsite or Remote: Onsite Position

Job Overview

Komatsu is embarking on an enterprise-wide initiative to transform our digital experience. This role will

lead a team of UX/UI researchers and designers responsible for re-designing Komatsu's digital

products spanning website experiences, fleet management, my Komatsu member experience, online

part sales (eCommerce), technology subscriptions and online training.

You will own the overall UX vision and serve as the primary liaison for organizing and prioritizing the UX

team's backlog. Establishing cohesive branding and design elements across apps is paramount to a

seamless experience. Developing a foundational knowledge of business objectives will be key to

developing a UX strategy designed to improve the customer experience across apps and increasing

online sales.

You will be responsible for proactively leading stakeholders through UX discovery and delivery

processes, managing expectations and championing UX best practices based on research and testing.

This role requires proactive leadership, collaboration and consensus building skills to drive alignment

among a diverse range of stakeholders. Self-starting, educating peers and demonstrating the value UX

practices can bring to key initiatives will be critical to successfully delivering digital products which solve

customer needs.

Key Job Responsibilities

Leadership

Ownership: Own the design and experience of websites and digital products
Leadership: Lead, coach, and inspire a multidisciplinary team of UX/UI designers and researchers.

Strategy: Partner with strategy and product management to define and develop the big-picture UX/UI strategy to accomplish the mission of unifying the customer experience

Roadmap: proactively own the UX team backlog and identify the initiatives for the UX team to lead, support and partner with key stakeholders

Planning: proactively create well-defined engagement / UX discovery plans to help facilitate the initiation of new initiatives

Workshops: host and conduct workshops with product and technical team to lead teams to drive product innovation from a customer, research and user experience centric approach

Design System: Owns a federated design system that drives flexibility and consistency across digital products. Drives the evolution and maturity of our design system to ensure brand consistency and unification of digital products
Research: Establishes and maintains best practices for user research and testing to inform product owners about trends, usability, and product sentiment.
Evangelize: Advocate for UX practices to be tightly embedded and integrated within digital and product strategy
Process excellence: Document UX processes throughout research, discovery, planning, prototyping and testing
Process improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline existing processes and digital products by driving the adoption of UX standards and best practices

Delivery

Merge several customer facing digital applications into a single website with a common set of technology
Lead and conduct internal and external interviews to identify and validate functionality enhancements
Partner with vendors, marketing and IT teams to develop and progress the organization's digital strategy and roadmap
Support the execution of omni-channel marketing campaigns with landing page and e-mail design

Predominant Tasks

Host and lead daily UX stand-ups, tracking all UX work to completion on a Kanban board
Host and lead UX research, ideation and delivery sessions with business stakeholders
QA all UX work to ensure it aligns with UX vision and design standards
Analyze user needs and create UI designs while taking into account product requirements and technical feasibility
Create wireframes, UI mockups, user workflow diagrams, and prototypes that translate customer needs into engaging user experiences
Create graphical assets to support UI visual designs
Organize and conduct usability studies to validate designs and uncover existing issues
Advocate for the customer experience; be their voice within the company.
Facilitate and participate in QA and user acceptance testing

Qualifications/Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design, Web Design, User Interface Design or a related field
  • Minimum of 7 years leading UX/UI teams
  • Minimum of 7 years designing mobile friendly, responsive B2B and B2C eCommerce websites.
  • Strong portfolio of prior work demonstrating delivery of complex, large-scale digital re-designs
  • Modern web development practices including implementing UX best practices, responsive design and mobile first layouts
  • Demonstrated graphic design skills to turn wireframes into high-fidelity visual designs.
  • Experience with usability testing practices and methodologies.
  • Experience with web front-end development, HTML/CSS Desired Characteristics:
  • Experience leading, organizing, overseeing and releasing third-party design activities
  • Experience implementing on-site personalization based on a user's profile settings
  • Experience implementing A/B testing
  • Experience working with Figma and Miro
  • Strong organizational and presentation skills; ability to handle multiple tasks, meet deadlines and manage priorities, present, and share strategies, working across organizational teams to deliver results.


Company Benefits

Komatsu provides an extensive and robust employee benefits package that is designed to enhance the well-being of our employees and family members. We embrace a positive and empowering employee experience with a culture that prides itself on a diverse and inclusive environment.
  • Health benefits: Medical, dental, vision, HSA, wellness programs, etc.
  • 401k and/or employee savings programs
  • Employee time off (vacation and designated holidays)
  • Employee and family assistance programs
  • Disability benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Employee learning and development programs


About Komatsu

Komatsu Ltd. is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures construction, mining, forestry, and military equipment, as well as diesel engines and industrial equipment like press machines, lasers and thermoelectric generators. Its headquarters are in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The corporation was named after the city of Komatsu, Ishikawa, where the company was founded in 1921. Worldwide, the Komatsu Group consists of Komatsu Ltd. and 258 other companies (215 consolidated subsidiaries and 42 companies accounted for by the equity method). Komatsu is the world's second largest manufacturer of construction equipment and mining equipment after Caterpillar Inc.
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62,774 employees
Industry
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