Product Design Manager

The Stepstone Group; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the labor market is seeking a Team Lead for Product Designers in their London office. In this vital role, you will mentor a skilled team, driving strategic initiatives across B2C and B2B sectors, shaping user experiences, and fostering a culture of high-quality design. Enjoy a hybrid working environment and a range of employee benefits that promote work-life balance.

Benefits

29 days holiday + bank holidays

Private medical and dental healthcare

Matching pension contributions (up to 10% after 3 years)

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Hybrid working (3 days in-office)

Bring your dog to the office on Mondays and Fridays!

Qualifications

• Experience shipping impactful products.
• Led design teams delivering valuable products.
• Strong craft in design and user experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage a high-performing design team.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering on strategic decisions.
• Drive initiatives and own results to enhance design maturity.

Skills

Product Management

Team Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Storytelling

Strategic Planning

Job description

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You will lead a team of 4 to 6 Product Designers, coaching them, mentoring them, and providing the direction and thought leadership needed to create extraordinary experiences. You will partner with senior leadership to drive strategy and execution for your domain, proactively setting long-term targets and goals alongside your peers in Product and Engineering.

Within the design organization, we have designers in key senior leadership positions, ensuring you will have support in pushing strategic initiatives across the business.

Our team operates across both B2C and B2B sides, providing end-to-end experiences for candidates and recruiters alike.

This role is vital as we work to reimagine the labor market to benefit everyone.

Your responsibilities:

• Manage a high-performing, business-critical team.
• Shape the team and culture, manage hiring, and retain team members.
• Provide clear feedback, coaching, and direction to enable your team to deliver outstanding experiences.
• Set high standards for quality and craft, and continually raise our bar.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering peers to make strategic decisions and translate them into actionable items, ensuring clarity and alignment.
• Understand your team’s capacity and communicate it clearly to ensure efficient operation across multiple tracks of delivery and discovery.
• Be a member of the Design Leadership Team, driving organization-wide initiatives and owning key results to advance design maturity.
• Identify opportunities and gaps beyond your immediate team and partner with other leaders to develop joint solutions and experiences.
• Demonstrate resilience and thrive through uncertainty, providing clarity and certainty to your team and domain.

Qualifications

Your skills and Qualifications:

• Have shipped impactful, well-crafted products that significantly affect users.
• Led small design teams that delivered valuable products.
• Demonstrate a high level of craft in products and experiences.
• Mentored others from a craft and stakeholder management perspective.
• Skilful storyteller capable of engaging audiences.
• Identify unique opportunities and insights that others may overlook.
• Drive execution within your team and collaborate with senior leadership on strategic, long-term initiatives.

Additional Information

We value your life outside work. Our benefits include:

• 29 days holiday + bank holidays
• Private medical and dental healthcare
• Matching pension contributions (up to 10% after 3 years)
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Hybrid working (3 days in-office)
• Bring your dog to the office on Mondays and Fridays!

Our commitment:

We promote diversity and inclusion, recruiting, developing, and retaining the best talent regardless of background or characteristics. We are recognized for our efforts by:

• Fertility Friendly Employer
• RIDI Inclusive Technology Award 2024
• Stonewall Gold Award
• Top 100 Workplace Equality Index (85)