Senior Design Manager - Infrastructure (Remote)

Canonical Ltd.; Województwo mazowieckie; Remote; PLN 555,000 - 793,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote working environment

Learning and development budget of 2,0

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Parental Leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel to sprints

Priority Pass for travel upgrades

Job summary

Canonical is hiring a Senior Design Manager to lead the Infrastructure Design team, driving cloud and software distribution experiences and securing packaging and delivery processes. You will coach designers for developers and cloud engineers, align with product and engineering roadmaps, and guide growth and outcomes across teams.

You will manage deadlines, communicate clearly with stakeholders, and influence design standards while fostering an open, inclusive culture within a remote-first

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating outstanding UX design and technical savviness.
• Educational achievements in design or related behavioral science.
• Full lifecycle experience from user needs discovery through validation and implementation guidance.
• Commitment to transparent project delivery and owning deadlines.
• Experience managing a team that interacts with technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with quantitative optimisation approaches.
• Passion for balancing consistency and innovation.
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing the work of your design team for quality.
• Support individual designers' professional growth.
• Improve operational workflows, including outsourcing and collaboration with Web Engineering.
• Define and validate outcomes with Engineering stakeholders.
• Evolve design systems and guidelines for consistent quality and efficiency.
• Coordinate with design leadership to mature our practice.
• Foster team culture and cross-team collaboration.
• Engage the open source community to learn and communicate value.

Skills

UX design

Technical savvy

Team management

Stakeholder collaboration

Quantitative analysis

Travel readiness

Education

Design degree or related behavioral science

Job description

Canonical is hiring a Senior Design Manager to lead the Infrastructure Design team, driving cloud and software distribution experiences and securing packaging and delivery processes. You will coach designers for developers and cloud engineers, align with product and engineering roadmaps, and guide growth and outcomes across teams.

You will manage deadlines, communicate clearly with stakeholders, and influence design standards while fostering an open, inclusive culture within a remote-first