Senior Manager, Product Design

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of designers (Senior and mid-level)
• Set clear expectations for ownership, quality, and communication
• Hold designers accountable for outcomes, not just outputs
• Address performance issues directly and quickly
• Own design delivery across your team (quality, pacing, predictability)
• Ensure work is complete, structured, and ready for Engineering
• Enforce a clear definition of done
• Surface risks and tradeoffs early
• Partner with Product and Engineering to define scope and priorities
• Ensure UX is influencing direction, not reacting to requirements
• Resolve ambiguity and alignment issues quickly
• Ensure design outputs are structured and unambiguous
• Support workflows that enable AI-assisted development
• Drive adoption of tools and practices that improve speed and reduce rework
• Maintain a high bar for interaction design, usability, and consistency
• Ensure alignment with design systems and accessibility standards
• Lead design reviews focused on clarity and execution readiness

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in user research, including 2+ years managing researchers
• Proven track record of driving product decisions through research
• Experience working closely with Product, Design, and Engineering teams
• Strong ability to translate insights into clear recommendations
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills
• Examples of AI-assisted workflows in portfolio (e.g., AI-generated prototypes, prompt-driven design systems, AI-supported research synthesis)
• Experience with B2B, marketplace, or operational platforms
• Experience working with design systems and component-based design
• Exposure to AI-assisted design or development workflows
• Experience scaling teams or processes in growing organizations