Product Design Manager

Summary

Join Finch as their first Design Manager, a hybrid manager and individual contributor role. Lead a team of four designers focused on creating fun and accessible self-care experiences. You will be a creative partner, directly crafting designs, and mentoring your team. The role requires strong leadership, design expertise, and experience managing top talent in a startup environment. Finch offers competitive salary and benefits, along with opportunities for professional growth within a mission-driven and inclusive team.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in design, including 3+ years in a leadership role managing teams and some startup experience
• Consistent track record of effectively managing top talent. You can navigate and lead through ambiguity, setting clear goals and priorities for others
• Experience recruiting strong designers and building a team with high excellence
• Strong background in designing consumer mobile products with a deep understanding of design best practices
• Ability to untangle vague conceptual problems, and have a sharp intuition for the most accessible mental models and flows, so users can immediately start gaining value out of the product
• Strong eye for visual polish and user delight. You can create and prototype clear, intuitive, and appealing UI and interactions and enjoys thinking playfully & creatively
• Pragmatic about the implications and practicality of designs. You don't get stuck on pretty UI or deep abstractions, and can balance between craft, speed, and product goals
• Data-driven and have experience with A/B testing, balancing qualitative and quantitative data
• Experience creating design systems and applying systems-thinking to improve the efficiency of the design team
• Excellent communication skills and can effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

• Grow and lead a talented and diverse team of senior+ designers that consistently delivers high-quality products
• Mentor and develop the skills and talent of the designers, coaching them to success and impact
• Be hands-on with designing playful & delightful high-fidelity product experiences that can touch wellness exercises, gaming mechanics, growth loops, and more. Prototype concrete solutions to ambiguous product challenges
• Lead designers through thoughtful design critique that balances product vision, speed, and business potential
• Establish and evolve design norms, tools, and frameworks that enhance team productivity and product quality
• Be a strategic thought partner in defining the long-term vision and product roadmap
• Work cross-functionally with our product leads, artists, animators, marketing folks, and cofounders
• Do whatever it takes to help the team to succeed, where you will need to learn new things quickly, be creative at solving problems, and dive into any challenge. All in a fast-paced and scrappy startup environment

Preferred Qualifications

Hands-on experience with coding, illustration, game design, or motion graphics

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Opportunities for professional growth on a mission-driven team
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that values innovation and creativity