Senior Design Manager

Summary

Join Superhuman's team as a Senior Design Manager and lead a high-performing product design team. You will mentor and coach team members, drive design quality and innovation, and collaborate with Product and Engineering leadership. Responsibilities include managing design operations, leading discovery projects, and fostering a culture of excellence. The ideal candidate possesses 8+ years of experience in consumer-facing technology, with 3+ years leading design teams. A mastery of product design principles and strong communication skills are essential. Superhuman offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, generous PTO, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

Requirements

• You have 8+ years of experience in consumer-facing technology companies or startups, with 3 years of experience leading and managing design teams
• You have a track record of leading and developing high-performing, inclusive, and mission-driven design teams. Building a culture of inclusion is not an afterthought. It’s the first thing you champion as a project leader, people manager, and teammate, and are comfortable leading through an inclusive lens
• You have a demonstrated mastery of product design, prototyping, visual design, interaction design, typography, and layout & visual hierarchy, with an ability to coach and elevate others' craft through thoughtful mentorship
• You have led the design strategy of a product, turning long-term objectives into initiatives that you and your teams successfully executed against
• You love exploring new and existing paradigms to add to your repertoire of ideas and solutions. You are exceptionally curious about technology, design, product, and people. You never feel done learning your craft
• You thrive in ambiguity and are excited by the opportunity to design processes that can help you understand, iterate, and validate your design intuition and ideas
• You understand human behavior and develop targeted strategies with this in mind. You enjoy creating delight and moments of pleasant surprise
• You're able to distill complexity into clear and concise messaging. You’re effective across various mediums and are excellent at working in a remote-first environment

Responsibilities

• Build and manage a high-performing design team through mentorship, coaching, and clear goal-setting to drive both individual and collective growth
• Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to plan resources, establish milestones, and ensure smooth delivery of design work across projects
• Drive design quality and innovation by establishing robust review processes, feedback mechanisms, and design tooling infrastructure
• Create and champion point-of-views on resolving UX debt and identifying opportunities for design innovation across products
• Lead the planning and execution of discovery projects to develop new features and design directions, while de-risking design complexities
• Guide the team in elevating their craft across UI/UX design, visual design, and product copy through hands-on mentorship and structured training
• Develop and implement day-to-day design management processes and enablement tools to facilitate efficient, high-quality design work
• Foster a team culture that embraces extraordinary quality, remarkable attention to detail, and continuous innovation
• Provide strategic design leadership in project execution, from conception through launch, ensuring alignment with company principles and quality standards
• Build strong partnerships across Product, Engineering, and senior leadership to influence product strategy and champion design excellence

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance: 100% coverage for you and 75% coverage for all your dependents
• Voluntary insurance: short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance
• ����🇸 US-based employees: 401(k) plan (we match 75 cents per dollar, up to 4% of your salary)
• ����🇦 Canadian-based employees: A stipend for your RRSP up to 3% of your salary
• Free access to Northstar, a financial wellness platform that provides financial advisors + personal finance tools
• Enjoy our generous and flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) policy, with our amazing team members taking an average of 20 days per year
• 13 additional company holidays, plus your own Care Days, Flexible Holidays, and a company-wide Winter Break
• Generous parental, caregiver, healthcare, and compassionate leave policies
• $3000 per year towards your professional development
• Free access to Calm and Aaptiv
• Allyship education program to help build your best self
• Custom MacBook Pro
• $1000 budget for workstation setup
• $260/month for your lunches, groceries, or whatever nutrition you need to stay fueled up!
• Flexible spending accounts for commuter costs, dependent care, and healthcare expenses