Product Design Manager

nineDots.io; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Healthcare

Dental

Vision cover

Wellness allowance

Travel allowance

Lunch allowance

Recharge days

Job summary

nineDots.io in Dublin is seeking a Design Lead to scale the Dublin product design function and lead a growing team. You will work closely with Product and Engineering leadership to raise the overall quality of design execution while shaping design processes and rituals.

You will balance hands-on involvement with leadership responsibilities, building strong interfaces across design, product, and engineering to deliver impactful, user-centered software for revenue teams.

Qualifications

• Experience leading product designers and growing design teams.
• Strong background in product design before moving into management.
• Experience with complex software products, ideally B2B SaaS.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Managing and developing a team of designers.
• Providing direction, feedback, and design leadership.
• Partnering closely with Product Managers and Engineering Managers.
• Helping establish design processes, rituals, and best practices.
• Supporting hiring and team growth.
• Driving high-quality user experiences across complex B2B products.
• Acting as the bridge between design craft, product strategy, and delivery.

Skills

People leadership

Team development

Design leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Benefits

• Bonus
• equity
• healthcare
• dental
• vision cover
• wellness allowance
• travel allowance
• lunch allowance
• recharge days

Setup

Hybrid - 3 days a week in the Dublin office

Impact

Lead design for a product used by thousands of revenue teams globally

Ownership

Design leadership across a key product area and a growing team of designers

Progression

Opportunity to help shape a growing design function as more product development moves into Dublin

Why This Role

This company builds software used by sales and revenue teams to better understand customer interactions, identify opportunities, and make smarter decisions.

The product area you'll be leading is already established and represents a significant part of the business, but the Dublin team is still relatively new.

They've recently moved ownership of this product area into Dublin and are now looking for someone to help build the design function around it.

This isn't a role for someone who wants to spend all day moving pixels.

The team already has strong designers. What they need now is someone who can lead people, create structure, improve collaboration across product and engineering, and raise the overall quality of design execution.

What They Need Help With

You’ll be leading a team of Product Designers while working closely with Product and Engineering leadership across one of the company's most important product areas.

A big part of the role is helping the team scale well as the Dublin product organisation continues to grow.

You’ll be:

• Managing and developing a team of designers
• Providing direction, feedback, and design leadership
• Partnering closely with Product Managers and Engineering Managers
• Helping establish design processes, rituals, and best practices
• Supporting hiring and team growth
• Driving high-quality user experiences across complex B2B products
• Acting as the bridge between design craft, product strategy, and delivery

While there is still some hands-on involvement, this is primarily a leadership role focused on people, collaboration, and design quality.

What They’re Looking For

• Experience managing and developing Product Designers
• Strong product design background before moving into management
• Experience working on complex software products, ideally B2B SaaS
• Comfortable balancing leadership responsibilities with enough design expertise to coach others
• Someone who can give clear feedback and help teams navigate ambiguity
• Experience working closely with Product and Engineering teams
• Strong understanding of UX principles, research, and modern design practices
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Bonus points if you've worked in high-growth product environments where teams are scaling quickly.

The Culture

The Dublin office owns products end-to-end.

Design, Product, and Engineering all sit together and build collaboratively rather than operating across distributed teams.

From speaking with the team, one thing that came up repeatedly was the lack of ego. People are collaborative, approachable, and focused on building great products rather than protecting territory.

Good fit for someone who enjoys ownership, likes working closely with other disciplines and wants to help shape a growing team.

Interested?