Product Design Manager

Good Maven; England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

A growth-stage tech company in the UK seeks a Product Design Manager to lead design quality across a core product area. You'll define the UX vision, manage a talented team, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve user experiences. Ideal candidates have strong UX craft, leadership experience, and are comfortable in both hands-on and strategic roles. This hybrid role is based in London and offers a competitive package including generous benefits.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Private medical cover

Life insurance

Qualifications

• Proven track record managing and developing product designers in fast‑moving environments.
• Strong UX craft with a portfolio showing impact on real shipped products.
• Comfortable balancing hands‑on design contribution with strategic leadership.

Responsibilities

• Define UX vision and priorities across a substantial product group.
• Lead by example through discovery and prototyping.
• Manage a small, high‑impact team of product designers.

Skills

Strong UX craft

Skilled coach

Highly fluent in Figma

Collaborative and thoughtful

Tools

Figma

Job description

Product Design Manager

Client: Established, growth‑stage tech business

Location: Hybrid (on‑site 3 days per week required) in London

Package: £90,000–£124,000 + benefits

TLDR: A great fit for someone who has led and wrangled complex, large‑scale product systems, while still being deeply hands‑on with high‑level visual and interaction craft. You’ll raise the design bar across a horizontal product area and work directly on cutting‑edge AI interfaces and workflows that run through the entire product.

The opportunity

This is a chance to join a well‑established, growth‑stage private technology company with a product‑led culture. The design team builds tools and experiences that deliver clear user value, measurable impact, and long‑term engagement.

They’re looking for a strategic, hands‑on Product Design Manager to raise design quality and performance within a core product area that sits horizontally across the product suite. You’ll report into an experienced, empathetic design leader with a background in scaling design within global product organisations, and you’ll partner closely with cross‑functional teams to simplify complexity, improve workflows, and deliver smooth, coherent experiences for both users and internal teams.

What you’ll do

• Define UX vision and priorities across a substantial product group, aligning teams around user‑centred goals and measurable outcomes.
• Lead by example through discovery, prototyping, and clear directional support to unblock and enable teams.
• Manage and develop a small, high‑impact team of product designers, strengthening craft, decision‑making, and delivery quality.
• Establish and embed effective critique and quality practices to raise the design bar across your area.
• Create scalable systems and patterns that improve consistency, reduce manual effort, and support sustainable growth.
• Collaborate closely with product, engineering, data, and other partners to shape direction and execution.
• Champion experimentation, testing, and optimisation to drive continuous improvement.
• Help mature design operations through stronger planning, workflow, and team rituals.

About you

• Proven track record managing and developing product designers in fast‑moving environments.
• Strong UX craft, with a portfolio showing impact on real shipped products, and willingness to be hands‑on for a portion of the time, creating novel, industry‑leading workflows.
• Comfortable balancing hands‑on design contribution with strategic leadership.
• Collaborative and thoughtful, with a history of effective cross‑functional partnership.
• Experience applying experimentation or growth‑focused design methods.
• Skilled coach who can raise craft, confidence, and output across a team.
• Highly fluent in Figma with strong prototyping and communication skills.
• Experience designing for both consumer‑facing products and organisational / enterprise contexts.

Bonus points

• Demonstrated curiosity through personal projects or exploration of AI, emerging tools, and new technologies.
• Motion and / or video experience is very relevant to the product

Benefits

• Generous annual leave
• Private medical cover
• Life insurance