How You'll Make an Impact
We are seeking a visionary and systems-oriented Senior Manager - Product Design to establish and scale design as a strategic capability across our product portfolio. This role will define and drive the long-term design vision across our software platforms.
You will shape the evolution of our design language, user experience strategy, and research practice, ensuring our products meet the standards of leading global software companies while supporting mission-critical infrastructure environments.
You will institutionalize user-centered design principles, elevate interaction and visual quality, and build scalable design systems that deliver clarity, usability, and consistency across complex, data-intensive product ecosystems.
What You'll Do
Design Vision & Strategy
Define and articulate a multi-year product design strategy
Embed design thinking into strategic planning and product roadmap development
Champion user-centered decision-making at leadership level
Enterprise UX & Systems Design
Lead the design of complex and data-intensive systems
Translate highly technical workflows into intuitive, efficient, and scalable user experiences
Define and govern accessibility, inclusivity, and usability standards
Own and evolve an enterprise-grade design system ensuring consistency across products and interfaces
Establish governance, documentation, and reusable component standards
Partner closely with the Engineering team to ensure high design-to-code fidelity
Research, Metrics & Cross-Functional Impact
Institutionalize structured research practices, including usability testing, field studies, and behavioral analytics
Define and track UX performance metrics and measurable success indicators
Drive data-informed iteration and continuous product experience optimization
Create strong feedback loops between Product Management, Engineering, and Commercial teams
Ensure design decisions balance user value, commercial objectives, and operational constraints
Managerial Responsibilities
Define and own the annual operating plan for the function, including workforce and financial planning
Manage and optimize departmental budgets
Make strategic resource allocation decisions
Build, scale, and structure teams to support long-term capability development
Establish performance frameworks, succession planning, and leadership development pathways
Ensure governance, risk management, and operational maturity across the function
Drive the creation of standardized, scalable systems that enable consistent execution across regions
What We're Looking For
Professional & Technical Strengths
Product design experience within SaaS, enterprise software, or complex technology environments
Demonstrated experience defining and scaling enterprise-grade design systems across multiple products
Strong portfolio reflecting systems thinking, complex workflow design, and large-scale platform architecture
Experience designing data-intensive dashboards, operational tools, or mission-critical enterprise platforms
Deep expertise in UX research methodologies and the ability to institutionalize research practices across teams
Proven ability to connect design strategy to measurable business outcomes (adoption, retention, revenue growth)
Leadership & Interpersonal Strengths
Ability to collaborate with multicultural and geographically distributed teams
High degree of autonomy and accountability (we operate within a hybrid work environment)
Ability to collaborate with multicultural and geographically distributed teams
High degree of autonomy and accountability (we operate within a hybrid work environment)
Ability to influence senior stakeholders and align cross-functional leadership around a shared product vision
Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to translate user experience investments into business value
Strategic thinker capable of navigating ambiguity and driving clarity across complex product ecosystems
High ownership mindset with accountability for long-term design quality and organizational maturity
Executive-level communication skills, comfortable presenting to leadership and external stakeholders