Senior Manager - Design

Navi; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Navi is seeking a Designer to lead and scale our growing design team in Bengaluru. This leadership role demands a strategic thinker who can set the design vision, align product principles, and push for excellence across all products.

You will recruit and mentor designers, drive performance reviews, and establish best practices that marry taste, data, and customer value. If you’re bold, collaborative, and customer‑obsessed, this is for you.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in product design.
• 2-3+ years in a formal management or leadership role.
• Proven track record hiring and leading design teams in fast-paced, agile environments.
• Strategic portfolio demonstrating leadership-driven business impact and customer value.
• Deep domain expertise in fintech or a related industry.
• Expertise in user-centered design principles and methodologies.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management at senior leadership level.

Responsibilities

• Define design vision and strategy aligned with company goals.
• Partner with senior leadership to set design direction across charters.
• Champion a customer-first mindset and obsess over user outcomes.
• Recruit, coach, and lead a high-performing team of designers.
• Maintain a high bar for design quality, simplicity, and taste across products.
• Oversee data-informed design processes and establish patterns and standards.

Skills

Leadership

Product design

Portfolio impact

Fintech domain

User-centered design

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Job description

About the Role

Navi is seeking a Designer to lead and scale our growing design team. This is a critical leadership role for someone who is not just an expert in design, but an expert in building a team that is "ruthless" in its approach to problem-solving. Your core responsibility will be to lead a team of talented designers who are experts in taste, data, and problem-solving, and who act as a force for alignment across the company. You will be instrumental in fostering a culture of relentless pursuit of excellence and pushing for an incredibly high bar for what we ship. You will be responsible for the overall success and strategy of the design function, from defining the "why" to ensuring a high-quality outcome. The ideal candidate has a strong backbone to take a stand for what is right for the customer and the company , but also has a humble heart to listen and learn.

What We Expect From You

Strategic Leadership

• Partner with senior leadership (Product, Engineering, Business) to define the design vision and strategy for all charters, aligning with company goals and product principles.
• Champion a customer-first mindset, ensuring the team starts with the customer's pain and obsesses over making their lives better.
• Drive a culture of ruthless prioritization, ensuring the team is focused on doing fewer things, but better.
• Seek clarity relentlessly to unblock your team and ensure everyone is moving fast with purpose and sense.
• Recruit, coach, and lead a high-performing team of product designers, fostering their growth and helping them do their best work.
• Conduct performance reviews, set career goals, and create a clear path for professional development for the team.
• Instill the core Navi principles of end-to-end ownership and accountability.

Design & Process Excellence

• Maintain and elevate an incredibly high bar for design quality, simplicity, and taste across all products.
• Oversee the design process, ensuring it is data-informed and focused on clear outcomes.
• Establish and evangelize best practices, design patterns, and standards across the organization.

Must Haves

• 7+ years of experience in product design, with a minimum of 2-3 years in a formal management or leadership role.
• A proven track record of hiring, mentoring, and leading high-performing design teams in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• A strategic portfolio that demonstrates how your leadership and design vision drove significant business impact and customer value.
• Deep domain expertise in fintech or a related industry.
• Expertise in user-centered design principles and methodologies.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build consensus at a senior leadership level.

Inside Navi

We are shaping the future of financial services for a billion Indians through products that are simple, accessible, and affordable. From Personal & Home Loans to UPI, Insurance, Mutual Funds, and Gold we’re building tech‑first solutions that work at scale, with a strong customer‑first approach.

Founded by Sachin Bansal & Ankit Agarwal in 2018, we are one of India’s fastest‑growing financial services organisations. But we’re just getting started!

Our Culture

The Navi DNA

Ambition. Perseverance. Self‑awareness. Ownership. Integrity.

We’re looking for people who dream big when it comes to innovation. At Navi, you’ll be empowered with the right mechanisms to work in a dynamic team that builds and improves innovative solutions. If you’re driven to deliver real value to customers, no matter the challenge, this is the place for you.

We chase excellence by uplifting each other—and that starts with every one of us.

Why You’ll Thrive at Navi

At Navi, it’s about how you think, build, and grow. You’ll thrive here if:

• You’re impact‑driven : You take ownership, build boldly, and care about making a real difference.
• You strive for excellence : Good isn’t good enough. You bring focus, precision, and a passion for quality.
• You embrace change : You adapt quickly, move fast, and always put the customer first.