Product Design Manager

Patreon; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Healthcare

401k with matching

Learning & development

Job summary

Patreon is seeking a Senior Staff Design Manager in New York or San Francisco to lead a team of 6–7 product designers. You’ll partner with product and engineering to shape the next chapter of design at Patreon, balancing craft with strategy.

You’ll stay close to the work in Figma and prototyping while mentoring designers, raising velocity, quality, and impact across core surfaces like memberships, community, and live video.

Qualifications

• Shipped distinctive consumer software with design at core.
• Proven manager across diverse design teams.
• Real AI fluency and ability to lead velocity improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 6–7 product designers and partner with another senior manager.
• Hands-on craft: stay close to the work in Figma, prototyping, or production code.
• Shape Patreon’s design strategy and represent design leadership externally.

Skills

Design leadership

Team management

Figma / prototyping

AI fluency

Cross-functional collaboration

External brand voice

Tools

Figma

Prototyping tools

Job description

Patreon is a media and community platform where over 300,000 creators give their biggest fans access to exclusive work and experiences. We offer creators a variety of ways to engage with their fans and build a lasting business including: paid memberships, free memberships, community chats, live video, and selling to fans directly with one-time purchases.Ultimately our goal is simple: fund the creative class. And we're leaders in that space, with:$10 billion+ generated by creators since Patreon's inception100 million+ free memberships for fans who may not be ready to pay just yet, and25 million+ paid memberships on Patreon today.We're continuing to invest heavily in building the best creator platform with the best team in the creator economy and are looking for a Senior Staff Design Manager to support our mission.

This role is based in New York or San Francisco and open to those who are able to be in-office 3 days per week on a hybrid work model.

About the Team

The Design team at Patreon is responsible for the full consumer experience across our creator and fan products. The team spans product design and content design, working across Patreon's core surfaces: memberships, community, live video, and direct sales. Designers here are embedded in cross‑functional teams alongside product, engineering, and data, and are expected to drive outcomes, not just deliver assets.

At Patreon, design is fundamental to how we build and how we think about the product. This team reflects that: high craft standards, close partnership with product leadership, and a genuine curiosity about how AI can raise the bar for what we ship.

About the Role

As Senior Staff Design Manager, you'll lead a team of 6‑7 product designers alongside another senior design manager, and represent the design leadership bench at Patreon.

You’ll lead by example in the craft, not just through management: staying close to the work in Figma, prototyping, or production code, while partnering across product and engineering to shape the next chapter of design at Patreon. You’ll also be a strong external voice for the design team, helping build Patreon's reputation as a place where great designers want to work.

What you’ll need

• You’ve shipped distinctive consumer software where design was central to the product's market position, not just polish on a working thing, across a range of products or surfaces rather than a single hero project
• You lead by example in the craft, whether in Figma, prototyping, or production code
• You're a proven manager with success across different sizes and shapes of design teams, and you've operated across different configurations (startup, scale, public) rather than running one playbook
• You have real AI fluency: you use tools daily and have driven measurable, team‑wide transformation in velocity, quality, or scope
• You have a track record of building and holding high talent density: top designers choose to work for you and stay, and the people you've hired and developed have gone on to become strong leaders themselves
• You're a strategic thought partner across functions, oriented toward shared outcomes rather than territory
• You're a strong external voice for your team's work, brand, and craft

About Patreon

Patreon powers creators to do what they love and get paid by the people who love what they do. Our team is passionate about making this mission and our core values come to life every day in our work. Through this work, our Patronauts:

• Put Creators First | They’re the reason we’re here. When creators win, we win.
• Build with Craft | We sign our name to every deliverable, just like the creators we serve.
• Make it Happen | We don’t quit. We learn and deliver.
• Win Together | We grow as individuals. We win as a team.

Patreon is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other protected class. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the interview process, please let us know via email at accommodations@patreon.

Patreon offers a competitive benefits package including and not limited to salary, equity plans, healthcare, flexible time off, company holidays and recharge days, commuter benefits, lifestyle stipends, learning and development stipments, patronage, parental leave, and 401k plan with matching.

Patreon operates under a hybrid work model, where employees based in office locations are expected to come into the office two days per week, excluding sick time and paid leave. The goal of this policy is to be intentional about the in-person time we spend together to strengthen the feeling of community at Patreon. Candidates hired into remote‑eligible roles are not expected to meet the same requirements.

At Patreon, we believe in fair and transparent pay. In compliance with New York and California pay transparency laws, we are sharing the expected salary range for this role. The posted salary range is dependent on the location and the level. This range may encompass multiple levels within the role’s job family. The final offer will be based on candidate’s experience, skills, competencies, and geographic location, aligning with the appropriate job level within Patreon’s leveling framework. For remote employees located outside CA and NY, salary may vary based on location and local market conditions.

Patreon reserves the right to modify or update compensation and benefits at any time.