Product Design Manager, Plan

GitLab; Canada; Remote; CAD 209,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company is seeking a Product Design Manager. In this remote role, you will manage a team of designers, enhancing user experience for enterprise planning tools. Responsibilities include strategizing UX improvements and collaborating with product and engineering teams. The ideal candidate has deep experience in design and a passion for driving organizational change. Competitive salary range is between $150,000 - $200,000 USD.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a group of designers remotely.
• Deep experience designing enterprise agile planning tools.
• Experience defining/executing on high-level strategy and creating design deliverables based on research.
• Experience driving organizational change with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Solid visual awareness and understanding of basic design principles and accessibility.

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery of UX commitments for the product.
• Work closely with Product Management and Engineering teams to execute on the product roadmap.
• Facilitate improvements to planning solutions for enterprise customers.
• Identify large UX opportunities and drive strategic initiatives.
• Communicate the value of UX to cross-functional teams.
• Lead UX Scorecard initiatives to measure product experience.

Skills

Managing a group of designers remotely

Designing enterprise agile planning tools

Defining/executing high-level strategy

Driving organizational change

Solid visual awareness and design principles

Job description

Overview

Remote, Canada; Remote, EMEA; Remote, US. GitLab is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating human progress. Our platform unites teams and organizations, breaking down barriers and redefining what\'s possible in software development. Thanks to products like Duo Enterprise and Duo Agent Platform, customers get AI benefits at every stage of the SDLC.

The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.

What you’ll do

GitLab is looking for a Product Design Manager to join the Plan stage. As a design leader, you own the delivery of UX commitments, are always looking to improve productivity, and are responsible for the user experience in the product. While you are credible as a designer and know the details of what product designers work on, your time is spent hiring a world-class team and putting them in the best position to succeed.

This is an incredibly exciting time to join the Plan stage - your product scope spans our Product Planning, Project Management, and Knowledge groups. You will be facilitating improvements to our planning solutions in order to provide our enterprise customers visibility into the success of their plans, help bridge the gap between different teams, and empower teams to confidently make planning decisions. Our Work Items initiative will be a key area of focus, which provides collaboration capabilities that empower small, autonomous teams to continuously deliver customer and business value with the shortest possible cycle times.

You\'ll be working closely with the Product Management and Engineering teams to execute on the product roadmap and priorities.

• Proactively identify large, strategic UX opportunities that span both inside your areas and across the product. Work with other product design managers, staff, and principal product designers to drive cross-product initiatives through awareness and prioritization.
• Identify strategic user research initiatives that span multiple stage groups (and possibly the entire product), and work with other product design/research managers to organize research efforts.
• Be a frequent and active participant in milestones by reviewing UX deliverables (such as research and designs) that your team creates, and provide feedback to ensure high-quality output.
• Communicate the value of UX to cross-functional GitLab team members and work with them to leverage the product development flow.
• Help the product teams of areas you support to prioritize UX initiatives including Deferred UX, triage and resolution of UX bugs, and overall usability improvements to the product. Lead UX Scorecard initiatives in order to consistently measure the experience of your product areas and show improvements over time.
• Contribute to product direction conversations, with emphasis on leading the experience vision for your product areas.
• Hire, grow and retain a world-class team of Designers.

What you’ll bring

• Experience managing a group of designers remotely, who work on complex products.
• Deep experience designing enterprise agile planning tools.
• Experience defining/executing on the high-level strategy (the why) and creating design deliverables (the how) based on research.
• Experience driving organizational change with cross-functional stakeholders, including Product Management and Engineering.
• Solid visual awareness with understanding of basic design principles and accessibility.
• You share our values, and work in accordance with those values.

You will work closely with two designers, with the opportunity to hire a third this year. You will collaborate with the Group Product Manager and Senior Engineering Manager to improve team communication and maintain excitement about the opportunities ahead.

Salary: California/Colorado/Hawaii/New Jersey/New York/Washington/DC/Illinois/Minnesota pay range

$150,000 - $200,000 USD

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