Senior Design Manager - Infrastructure, Remote (EMEA)

Canonical Ltd.; Wien; Remote; EUR 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote working environment

Learning & development budget

Annual compensation review

Travel for sprints

Job summary

Canonical is hiring a senior design manager to lead the Infrastructure Design team and shape the way open source software is delivered to cloud engineers and developers. You will coach designers, manage expectations, and ensure timely delivery against the roadmap.

The role requires deep design leadership, strong communication with product and engineering stakeholders, and a commitment to improving the quality of our tools and workflows. This is a remote-first opportunity within the EMEA region.

Qualifications

• A portfolio demonstrating outstanding quality in UX design and savviness in technology.
• Exceptional educational achievements in design or related behavioral science discipline.
• Full lifecycle experience from user needs discovery through validation and implementation guidance.
• Experience of managing a team that interacts with technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with quantitative optimisation approaches.
• A passion for balancing consistency and innovation.
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Responsibilities

• Reviewing the work of your design team for quality
• Working with individual designers to support their professional growth
• Continuously improving operational workflows, including production outsourcing and collaboration with Web Engineering
• Working with stakeholders, especially the Engineering organization, to clearly define and validate outcomes
• Evolving design systems and guidelines to drive consistent quality and improve efficiency
• Coordinating with the rest of design leadership to mature our collective practice
• Bringing your team and others together to share their work and strengthen culture
• Engaging the open source community to learn and make the value of our work legible

Skills

UX design

Design leadership

Stakeholder management

Quantitative methods

Education

Design degree or related field

Job description

Canonical is hiring a senior design manager to lead the Infrastructure Design team and shape the way open source software is delivered to cloud engineers and developers. You will coach designers, manage expectations, and ensure timely delivery against the roadmap.

The role requires deep design leadership, strong communication with product and engineering stakeholders, and a commitment to improving the quality of our tools and workflows. This is a remote-first opportunity within the EMEA region.