Hudl is hiring: User Experience Design Manager in Town of Texas

At Hudl, we build great teams. We hire the best of the best to ensure you’re working with people you can constantly learn from. You’re trusted to get your work done your way while testing the limits of what’s possible and what’s next. We work hard to provide a culture where everyone feels supported, and our employees feel it—their votes helped us become one of Newsweek's Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces. We think of ourselves as the team behind the team, supporting the lifelong impact sports can have: the lessons in teamwork and dedication; the influence of inspiring coaches; and the opportunities to reach new heights. Our products make it easier for coaches and athletes at any level to capture video, analyze data, share highlights and more.

Ready to join us?

Your Role

We’re looking for a User Experience Design Manager who’s passionate about building powerful digital experiences for high school coaches, athletes, and their teams. At Hudl, you’ll lead the design of products that help organizations run more effectively—whether it’s through video analysis, team management tools, or recruiting opportunities. As part of a dynamic team, you’ll shape the future of high school sports by creating solutions that empower teams to train smarter, compete harder, and grow stronger together.

In this role, you’ll:

• Focus on the customer. You’ll shape, conduct and translate user research to help the team understand needs beyond what users say they want, digging deeper into the “why” behind user feedback. You’ll create actionable insights that drive product experience strategy and design.
• Be a coach. You’ll manage and professionally develop a small team of exceptional designers working in the same space. You’ll mentor your designers on both soft and hard skills, helping them develop and achieve career goals.
• Be a visual and verbal storyteller. You’ll craft and communicate compelling concepts that are forward-facing, differentiated, and relevant to customer and business needs.
• Add clarity to ambiguous problem spaces. You’ll tease out the important characteristics of users, their environments and the market’s expectations to support prioritized and intuitive experiences.
• Collaborate. By forming close partnerships with multi-disciplinary counterparts in Engineering, Product, Design, Scrum and Quality, you’ll help define requirements and deliver clear and focused digital user experiences.
• Design process, quality and delivery. You’ll advocate for tactility, accessibility, customer needs and design excellence, shepherding your project to release. After delivering on-time solutions, you’ll measure and own the results of how well those solutions address design and product needs.

We’d like to hire someone for this role who lives near our offices in Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska, but we’re also open to remote candidates in Kansas City, Chicago, Austin, Dallas or Phoenix.

Must-Haves

• Strong communicator. You thrive in a collaborative environment that fosters open and honest communication. You have excellent presentation skills and can confidently sell ideas based on solid rationale and objectives from cross-functional teams. You’re comfortable being respectfully blunt when giving and receiving feedback.
• Management track record. You’ve led at least one designer as a direct report. Mentorship experience, formal or informal, will also be taken into consideration.
• Iterative prototyping skills. You’re proficient at using low and high fidelity prototyping tools and wireframing techniques based on the needs of the project. These tools may include modern AI-powered prototyping platforms.
• A problem-solver. You have the ability to think critically and holistically about user interactions, and can address complex design challenges to provide innovative solutions that factor in technical, business and design constraints.
• Organizational skills. You can assess the appropriate level of design and research necessary to achieve your goals, with a plan to reach final deliverables.
• Technical proficiency. You’ve used modern component-based design software (e.g., Figma and Adobe Creative Suite) and tools like Miro to workshop concepts and drive alignment with remote stakeholders.
• A robust portfolio. You’re able to showcase a variety of projects that demonstrate your expertise in UX design, including examples of user flows, wireframes, prototypes and final design solutions.

Nice-to-Haves

• Research and insights experience. You’ve planned and conducted qualitative and quantitative user research, and know how to translate insights into actionable product and design outcomes.
• A sports enthusiast. You understand the unique challenges and opportunities within the sports technology industry.
• Growth mindset. You’re committed to staying up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies and design best practices, and have a strong desire to continuously learn and evolve.

Our Role

• Champion work-life harmony. We’ll give you the flexibility you need in your work life, including flexible vacation time, holidays, timeout (meeting-free) days, remote work options and more.
• Guarantee autonomy. We have an open, honest culture and we trust our people from day one. You’ll own your work and have the agency to try new ideas.
• Encourage career growth. We’re lifelong learners who encourage professional development. We’ll give you resources and opportunities to keep growing.
• Provide an environment to help you succeed. We’ve invested in our offices and, whether at the office or remote, we’ll provide the tech stack and hardware to do your best work.
• Support your mental and physical health. We care about wellbeing. Our Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups and partners support you.
• Cover your medical insurance. We offer multiple plans including vision, dental, fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits.
• Contribute to your 401(K). We match up to 4% of your contribution.

Compensation

The base salary range for this role is shown below. Starting salaries typically fall near the middle of this range. We base compensation decisions on experience, skills and education in line with internal pay equity practices. This role is eligible for a long-term incentive (LTI) award. Any bonuses are based on individual and company performance and paid at Hudl’s discretion.

Base Salary Range

$107,000 - $179,000 USD

Inclusion at Hudl

Hudl is an equal opportunity employer. We’re committed to creating an environment where everyone belongs and can bring their authentic selves to work. We offer resources to support wellbeing and inclusion, and we track our progress in annual inclusion reports.

What to Expect in the Application Process

Please include a link to your portfolio. If you have passwords or other materials, provide them as requested by the application form. We may collect voluntary diversity information to improve our recruitment processes. This information is kept confidential and is not part of the hiring decision. Completion of diversity information is voluntary.

Contact and Location

Location considerations for this role include Lincoln, NE; Omaha, NE; or remote options in Kansas City, Chicago, Austin, Dallas or Phoenix.