Manager, Product Design

Responsibilities

• Set team values and manage individuals at different stages of development
• Own the vision for your group, its relationship with the department and business goals, and provide clarity when it's needed
• Help your ICs work more effectively and encourage them to implement the most desirable design solution
• Develop, codify, and evangelize best practices, primarily focusing on design excellence, team growth, and stakeholder management
• Guide your team to develop processes for ensuring a high bar of quality, including evolving critique practices, design rituals, and workflows that keep pace with emerging tools and technologies
• Set the strategy and vision for your area of ownership, even as the boundaries of that area shift
• Offer a strong product and design voice with your cross-functional partners
• Partner closely with product management, engineering, research, and data science as a true strategic peer
• Co-author product strategy and champion the user perspective in roadmap conversations
• Stay close to users through research and experimentation, helping define how people discover, interact with, and experience content across current and future paradigms
• Foster a culture of confidence, accountability, design thinking, continuous learning, and constructive critique
• Recruit new designers and actively participate in the hiring process, raising the bar for talent while building a team that reflects diverse perspectives and backgrounds

• 3+ years of experience building or leading teams of full-time designers
• 7+ years of product design experience across consumer-facing digital products or platforms
• Ability to cultivate a positive environment for outstanding designers and continually raise the bar for quality and innovation
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in high-level product design strategy, with the instincts to co-create product vision documents and connect design decisions to business outcomes
• A strong understanding of user-centered design principles and design thinking practices
• Proven leadership and mentorship competencies, with a clear philosophy on growing designers at different career stages
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and turning new technology opportunities into human-centered experiences
• The ability to clearly articulate your team's design decisions to internal partners and build trust with cross-functional and executive stakeholders through storytelling and clear design documentation
• Experience leading design across multiple or shifting product areas, where the problem space and team scope evolve
• A commitment to adding to an inclusive design culture, fostering psychological safety, and attracting world-class talent
• The ability to adapt department plans and priorities and drive business and viewer needs
• Experience leveraging AI-powered design, research, and productivity tools (e.g., generative AI, prototyping, or analytics tools) to enhance product design workflows is strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Demonstrates expertise in product design strategy and user-centered design principles while fostering a culture of design excellence and continuous learning. Proven ability to lead and mentor design teams, adapt to evolving product areas, and effectively communicate design decisions to stakeholders.