Product Design Manager (Exchange)

Crypto.com; London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the cryptocurrency sector seeks a Product Design Manager to lead a design team in creating engaging user experiences. This role involves overseeing product direction across web and mobile apps and requires a strong background in design and leadership.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience working at a top tier trading team.
• Must have extraordinary knowledge of design as a craft.
• A solid portfolio of work with digital products and services.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of designers through collaboration and direction.
• Collaborate with product managers on timelines and priorities.
• Run and facilitate user research activities.

Skills

Design Leadership

User-Centered Design

Collaboration

Coaching

User Research

Job description

Who are we?

At Crypto.com, we are on a mission to accelerate the world’s transition to cryptocurrency. Since 2016 we have grown to be one of the world’s most used and trusted exchanges through our focus on regulation and quality product experiences.

The Opportunity

Crypto.com is looking for a Product Design Manager to drive and lead a group of designers in the Exchange division. You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the design direction across multiple products within the web and mobile apps, supporting product designers, collaborating with product managers, and creating a positive environment for your team to deliver high quality design.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of designers through design collaboration, feedback, and direction.
• Create designs to develop product and feature directions, communicate an idea or provide additional support.
• Collaborate with multiple product managers who own different features within the Exchange to establish timelines, delivery, and priorities.
• Provide guidance, coaching, and protection to your designers. Creating a positive design environment to foster their growth.
• Establish, maintain, and update an ideal design process for your team.
• Share your deep expertise and knowledge in design to train the designers around you.
• Run and facilitate user research activities, including 1:1 user interviews, focus groups or usability tests.
• Work with the executive team to understand and apply the big picture vision and direction.
• Present and communicate design direction, decisions, and rationale to other teams.
• Actively use and trade on the exchange and call out design and product issues to the team

Requirements:

• 2+ years experience working at a top tier trading team.
• Must be a trader.
• Must have extraordinary knowledge of design as a craft, and can contribute a deep skillset to the team.
• Extensive experience designing multiple B2C digital products/services for international audiences.
• A solid portfolio of work that contains examples of design for digital products and services.
• Deep understanding of user-centered design and user experience principles and have a strong creative vision to plan design roadmaps with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to oversee and manage multiple projects and ship quality products at scale.
• Experience with developing and coaching a design team.
• An experienced leader with a strong creative vision that understands business objectives, leadership and is skilled at executing ideas with the product design team.
• A portfolio must be provided to be considered