Senior Design Manager

Pennylane; Portugal; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company shares

Remote-friendly Europe

Apple equipment

Gymlib fitness access

Busuu language access

Coworking space allowance

Annual company events

Job summary

Pennylane is seeking a Senior Product Design Manager for the Financial Services track. You will lead a design team, coach a Design Manager, and translate priorities into an actionable experience strategy, ensuring cohesive customer journeys aligned with acquisition and revenue goals.

You will collaborate across Product, Engineering, Data, Marketing, and Brand to elevate end-to-end experiences and participate in shared Design System initiatives. Fluency in French and English is expected.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading product design teams in fast-moving environments.
• Experience coaching design managers through their first leadership role.
• Ability to tie customer experience decisions to product strategy and business outcomes.
• Strong track record of improving end-to-end digital experiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead, support, and develop a team of four Product Designers and one Design Manager.
• Set clear design direction and translate priorities into actionable experience strategy.
• Raise quality and coherence of customer experiences across Financial Services.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Data, Marketing to drive acquisition and revenue goals.
• Guide designers through complex challenges and foster measurable impact.
• Represent Financial Services in Brand and Design System initiatives.

Skills

Team leadership

Coaching managers

Strategy translation

French & English fluency

Job description

About the Role

• The Financial Services track is looking for a Senior Product Design Manager to lead its design team as the current design leader transitions into a broader product leadership role.
• This role will be central to raising experience quality across Financial Services, maintaining coherence with the wider SME product, and designing high-converting experiences that contribute to Pennylane's acquisition and revenue goals.
• Our vision is to become the most beloved financial Operating System of French SMEs and Accounting Firms (and soon, European ones).
• We help entrepreneurs rid themselves of time-consuming tasks related to accounting and finance while providing them with access to key financial information to assist in making the best decisions for their business.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead, support, and develop a team of four Product Designers and one first-time Design Manager, all reporting directly to you.
• Coach the Design Manager in building strong management practices, developing team members, and creating the conditions for high performance.
• Set a clear design direction for Financial Services, translating product and business priorities into an actionable experience strategy.
• Raise the quality and consistency of customer experiences across the Financial Services journey while ensuring coherence with the broader SME product.
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data, Marketing, and other stakeholders to design experiences that support acquisition, activation, conversion, and revenue objectives.
• Guide designers through complex product challenges, strengthening craft, strategic thinking, customer understanding, and measurable impact.
• Represent Financial Services in cross-functional Brand and Design System initiatives, contributing to shared standards while ensuring that the track’s specific needs are addressed.

What You'll Bring

• Significant experience leading Product Design teams in complex, fast-moving product environments.
• Comfort managing both individual contributors and design managers, including coaching someone through their first management role.
• Ability to define a compelling design direction and connect customer experience decisions with product strategy and business outcomes.
• A strong track record of improving the quality, usability, and coherence of end-to-end digital experiences.
• Understanding of how design contributes to acquisition, activation, conversion, and revenue, and the ability to use qualitative and quantitative insights to guide decisions.
• Ability to deliver and demonstrate measurable results within short cycles without losing sight of long-term experience quality and customer trust.
• Ability to navigate complex product ecosystems and balance local team needs with consistency across a broader platform.
• Ability to build effective partnerships with Product, Engineering, Data, Brand, Marketing, and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to provide clear, actionable feedback and create an environment where designers can grow, challenge ideas, and produce their best work.
• Fluency in French and English.

Nice to Have

• Experience with financial services or another regulated, trust-sensitive product environment.

Compensation & Benefits

• 25 vacation days paid by Pennylane.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Company shares.
• A budget to turn your home into a more comfortable workspace, as well as a monthly allowance to work from a coworking space.
• Access to Gymlib, providing access to 8000 fitness spaces in Europe and more than 300 activities related to wellness.
• Access to Busuu to perfect English or French.
• Latest Apple equipment.
• Ability to work remotely from your country of residence, as long as it is in Europe and within a maximum time difference of two hours from the CET time zone.
• Regular company events such as Tech Days (bringing remote Pennylaners together every 3 months) or an annual company seminar.
• For those based in France: 6 to 12 RTT, 5 weeks PTO, lunch credits (Swile), Alan Blue healthcare cover, and regular events in cities such as Lyon, Bordeaux, and Nantes.

About Pennylane

• Pennylane is one of the fastest growing Fintechs in France and Europe.
• In 5 years of existence, the company has become known as a groundbreaking accounting and financial software for small businesses and their accountants.
• Raised a total of €400 millions, including from Sequoia.
• Grown from 7 cofounders to 1000 employees, with a 4.6/5 rating on Glassdoor.
• International environment with more than 25 nationalities and a strong remote-friendly culture, where 30% of employees work from various parts of Europe.
• Trusted by thousands of customers and accounting firms.
• More than 900,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and over 6000 accounting firms use Pennylane in France.