Senior Design Manager, Jira AI

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the design vision for Jira's agentic AI experiences — what Jira looks and feels like when agents are native collaborators
• Set the direction for multi-year product evolution and build alignment across product, engineering, and executive leadership
• Lead a team of 8–12 designers: setting craft standards, developing talent, and fostering an inclusive team culture
• Partner with engineering to navigate the technical constraints of agent architectures, LLM behavior, and platform design
• Drive experimentation — MVPs, prototypes, concept sprints — to validate new interaction paradigms before scaling them
• Own end-to-end design quality of shipped AI experiences across Jira surfaces
• Contribute to the broader design organization's approach to AI-native product design
• Coordinate across AI platform, ecosystem design, and adjacent product teams to ensure connected, coherent experiences

Requirements

• Direct experience designing for agentic systems, AI platforms, or autonomous workflows — not just AI-assisted features
• Technical depth to collaborate as a peer with engineering leaders on architecture, model behavior, and system design
• Track record leading design for complex, large-scale enterprise or developer-facing products
• Demonstrated ability to define a compelling product vision and deliver against it in evolving, ambiguous environments
• Experience managing and growing teams of 8+ designers

Candidate Profile

• Background in developer tools, project management, or productivity platforms
• Experience at companies building agent infrastructure, whether established organizations or earlier-stage ventures
• Familiarity with the enterprise project management landscape and the teams who use these tools daily
• Track record of building and retaining strong, diverse design teams
• Experience working across organizational boundaries where collaboration and influence matter as much as craft

Qualifications

• Compensation at Atlassian is designed to be equitable, explainable, and competitive
• The base pay range for this role in the United States is $221,400 - $289,050 for Zone A, $199,200 - $260,145 for Zone B, and $183,700 - $239,912 for Zone C
• This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity

Benefits & Perks

• Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family, and to help you engage with your local community