Product Design Manager

Summary

Join Addepar's Design team as a Product Design Manager and lead a team in transforming our portfolio data management and platform administration experience. Partner with product management and engineering to achieve business outcomes. Triage design needs, set goals, and communicate priorities. Build and manage a diverse team, providing mentorship and constructive feedback. Collaborate with the design system team for a cohesive client experience. Contribute to strategic design initiatives and seek feedback for continuous improvement. This role requires 7+ years of product design experience and 1+ year of team leadership experience. A strong portfolio showcasing user-centered design and experience designing for SaaS products is essential.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience working in the field of Product Design, Interaction Design, or UX Design
• 1+ year of experience leading and managing a team
• A portfolio showcasing strong user-centered design practices, design fundamentals, and product thinking
• Proven records of driving design and development team through successful product launches and continuous improvements
• Experienced in designing web experience for SaaS products and platforms for multi-faceted user base across a range of segments, from small business to large enterprise
• Passion for building a happy, impactful design team
• Passion for systematic, modularized design solutions and practical problem solving
• Ability to think big pictures and plan for long-term product and platform transformation
• Exceptional communication, presentations, collaboration, and partnership building skills
• Proficient in using Figma, our preferred design and prototyping tool

Responsibilities

• Provide design vision and thought leadership for Addepar’s product offerings and platform, advised by user research and data. Champion our clients
• Partner with product management, engineering leads, and other internal collaborators to establish and align on objectives, strategies, solutions, processes, deliverables, and development plans. Achieve business outcomes
• Triage design needs across multiple workstreams. Set goals and communicate priorities to your team. Be accountable
• Build and manage a diverse team of product designers that consistently delivers
• Lead, empower, and mentor product designers on the team to do their best work. Regularly provide constructive critique and introduce learning opportunities. Encourage growth
• Collaborate with the design system team and design leads across Addepar's platform to ensure a cohesive end-to-end client experience that embody our brand
• Be a driver and contributor to strategic design initiatives. Work with other design leads to improve and scale existing design patterns, rituals, and tools. Cultivate a culture of design excellence
• Seek out and adopt feedback from your peers, reports, collaborators, and cross-functional leadership