Product Design Manager

About the work

As a design leader at ShiftKey, you'll have the opportunity to help define and drive the future of ShiftKey design. You'll create and foster relationships within the design team and across departments including product, engineering, and marketing. You'll help create and clarify product strategy, conceptualize UX ecosystems in ways that encourage simplicity, and inspire your team to explore and push the limits of what's possible. You should have a clear vision of the future of user experience and a desire to inspire others to pursue forward-thinking design. Your ability to think outside the box and elevate our designers to do the same will be celebrated!

As a Product Design Manager we expect you to advocate for our users as well as each member of your team. You should have a desire for helping your team create elegantly simple experiences for complicated workflows.

Who you are
• You're a leader who understands the entire software lifecycle and has experience bringing products from concept to launch
• You're passionate about leading and teaching others what good user experience is
• You're a great communicator who understands the importance of listening
• You can provide valuable feedback and direction to your team when needed
• You're adaptable and can adjust to changing environments
• You can easily view situations from different points of view

In this role, you will:
• Provide leadership, direction, and mentorship for a team of product designers in various stages of their career
• Build and foster cross-functional relationships to create cohesive user experiences across ShiftKey
• Be an advocate for ShiftKey's culture and act as an example inside and outside of the design team
• Be responsible for the well-being of your team in a fast-paced environment
• Impart day-to-day design leadership that promotes a shared understanding of the strategic vision of UX
• Encourage creative thinking within your team
• Oversee design iterations and delivery
• Help develop product strategy
• Mentor, lead and support the members of your team
• Foster an environment for your team to grow and succeed in

Minimum requirements for the job:
• Experience managing a group of designers who work on complex products
• A clear philosophy about how to successfully manage distributed design teams
• Solid visual awareness with an understanding of design principles like typography, layout, composition, and color theory
• Mastery of industry-standard design software (Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud)
• Experience working with stakeholders to define the high-level strategy (the why) and create design deliverables (the how)
• Experience driving organizational change with cross-functional stakeholders
• Passion for creating visually pleasing and intuitive user experiences
• Collaborative team spirit with great communication skills
• Shared belief in our values and culture

You will thrive here because:
• Products are built to service and delight our users.
• Time will be made available to invest in your craft and personal development.
• Cutting-edge technology is leveraged to build best-in-class products.
• Design is not an afterthought.
• Design and development happen in a global collaboration.
• Calculated risk-taking is applauded.
• Process exists only to enable progress.

What we offer you:
• A high-growth, friendly and engaging work environment with the potential for endless career opportunities
• Remote work environment (Managers and above work a hybrid/remote schedule)
• Flexible work hours and arrangements
• 100% Employer Paid medical option, plus dental and vision options for election
• 100% Employer Paid life insurance, including short and long-term disability
• 401K with dollar-for-dollar match up to 6% (includes a 4% safe harbor match and 2% discretionary match) and immediate vesting after meeting eligibility
• 12 company-paid holidays

#LI-Hybrid