Lead Product Design Manager — Remote EU

Pennylane SAS; United States; Remote; USD 101,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 vacation days

Competitive compensation

Company shares

Home workspace budget and coworking St

Gymlib fitness access in Europe

Busuu language learning access

Latest Apple equipment

Remote work from country of residence

Company events (Tech Days, annual sem)

France-specific: RTT, 5 weeks PTO, Swt

Job summary

Pennylane is seeking a Product Design Manager to lead a team of 5 product designers and partner with design leaders, cross-functional teams, and HR to hire, develop and retain top design talent. You will oversee strategic UX opportunities and translate insights into impactful product decisions.

You will collaborate with C-level executives to simplify complex topics, define design directions, and establish processes that improve the user experience for French SMEs and European customers.

Qualifications

• Fluency in French and proficiency in English is required.
• Strong track record of leading product design teams, better if in B2B organisations.
• Excellent eye for design and ability to contribute ideas and creative inputs.
• Able to align decisions with the overall vision, JTBD, and design guidelines.
• Enjoy discovering and solving complex problems through data and insights.
• Experience fostering an inclusive, open design team culture.
• Comfortable communicating future design directions with senior stakeholders, including founders.
• Collaborative approach with Designers, Engineers and Product Managers.

Responsibilities

• Scale and level-up your team of 5 product designers, partnering with design leaders, HR, and cross-functional teams to hire, develop and retain talent.
• Identify strategic UX opportunities and drive them with product and engineering peers at track level.
• Orchestrate user research with product leads to convert insights into actionable outcomes.
• Measure the impact of design on business performance and guide strategic directions.
• Contribute expertise back to the business with insights and best practices for users.
• Balance speed, quality, and design consistency while aligning with JTBD and business goals.
• Establish and refine design processes to increase impact and efficiency across the team.
• Partner with design ops teams to optimize workflows.

Skills

Leadership

Product design leadership

UX strategy

Stakeholder communication

User research

Team management

Tools

Figma

Design systems

Job description

Pennylane is seeking a Product Design Manager to lead a team of 5 product designers and partner with design leaders, cross-functional teams, and HR to hire, develop and retain top design talent. You will oversee strategic UX opportunities and translate insights into impactful product decisions.

You will collaborate with C-level executives to simplify complex topics, define design directions, and establish processes that improve the user experience for French SMEs and European customers.