Senior Manager, Product Design

Snyk; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Manager of Product Design, where you will lead a talented team in creating intuitive user experiences. This role offers the chance to shape the design strategy and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure consistency and delight users. With a focus on empowering developers and security professionals, you will be at the forefront of a mission to enhance the security landscape. If you're passionate about design and eager to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Work-from-home allowances

Generous vacation

Wellness time off

Paid parental leave

Health benefits

Education benefits

Qualifications

• 8+ years of UX design experience with 3+ years in leadership roles.
• Experience managing design teams on complex SaaS products.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of product designers to create user-friendly experiences.
• Develop product design strategy and champion UX design impact.

Skills

UX Design

Leadership

Communication

Agile Development

Usability Research

Education

Human Factors

Human-Computer Interaction

Tools

Figma

Job description

Job Title: Senior Manager of Product Design

Every day, the world gets more digital thanks to tens of millions of developers building the future faster than ever. But with exponential growth comes exponential risk, as outnumbered security teams struggle to secure mountains of code. This is where Snyk (pronounced “sneak”) comes in. Snyk is a developer security platform that makes it easy for development teams to find, prioritize, and fix security vulnerabilities in code, dependencies, containers, and cloud infrastructure — and do it all right from the start. Snyk is on a mission to make the world a more secure place by empowering developers to develop fast and stay secure.

Joining Snyk means embracing our core values: One Team, Care Deeply, Customer Centric, and Forward Thinking. As a member of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to thrive in a dynamic environment where fostering collaboration, leading with empathy, driving business impact, and inspiring trust are at the heart of everything we do.

Our Opportunity

We’re seeking a Senior Manager of Product Design to lead the evolution of a compelling, user-friendly experience that resonates with both developers and security teams. You will champion the consistency and impact of the existing Snyk brand across our product.

In this role, you will lead a team of product designers working closely with product and engineering teams to create, test, and implement highly usable experiences that our users love. You will also partner extensively with leadership and cross-functional teams on customer UX research initiatives, including leading design workshops and focus groups to gather valuable insights.

As the Senior Manager of Product Design, you will play a pivotal role in achieving Snyk’s mission of empowering software developers and security professionals to build secure applications using the Snyk platform.

You’ll Spend Your Time:

• Leading and managing a team of talented product designers across Snyk’s products, developing intuitive experiences for Web, IDE, CLI, and API interfaces.
• Championing UX Design impact across the organization and developing a product design strategy, including latest UX trends, competitive analysis, and customer journey mapping.
• Partnering deeply with Product Management and GTM teams to understand and advocate for customer needs.
• Presenting design concepts and ideas to senior leadership throughout the company.
• Collaborating across teams to evangelize consistency and resolve design discrepancies using established design patterns.
• Building flexible design systems to enhance efficiency and consistency in design.
• Guiding your team to solve complex problems and deliver delightful user experiences.

What You’ll Need:

• 8+ years of UX design experience, including 3+ years in leadership roles.
• Experience managing design teams and working on complex SaaS product portfolios.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present to executives.
• Experience with design tools such as Figma or similar.
• Proficiency in translating usability research, customer feedback, and business requirements into consistent product experiences.
• Experience with agile, fast-paced, and iterative development processes.

We’d be Lucky if You:

• Have exposure to working with engineering and product teams within dev-tooling or cybersecurity environments.
• Possess formal education in Human Factors, Human-Computer Interaction, or similar fields.
• Are hands-on, curious, love exploring new domains and technologies like Gen AI, and are critical thinkers ready to challenge the status quo.

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We care deeply about creating an inclusive environment and value diversity. We welcome applications from those typically underrepresented in tech. If you’re interested but unsure if you’re the right fit, please apply anyway!

About Snyk

Snyk is committed to creating an inclusive environment where employees can thrive. We support our employees through ERGs, global benefits, health, wellness, financial security, and work/life balance initiatives.

• Flexible hours, work-from-home allowances, perks, and time off for learning and self-development.
• Generous vacation, wellness time off, country-specific holidays, and paid parental leave.
• Health benefits, assistance plans, wellness allowances, insurance, retirement, and education benefits.