Product Design Manager, Dashboard & Strategy

DesignX Community; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 208,000 - 318,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Commission

Benefits package

Job summary

Plaid is building tools that empower thousands of developers to create innovative financial products. The Design team leads product design, research, and content strategy across the Dashboard surface, collaborating with product and engineering to shape strategy and deliver high-quality experiences.

The Design Manager on the Dashboard team will coach designers and a researcher, drive execution, and help define Plaid’s long-term product vision while delivering customer-first outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product design experience.
• 3+ years of product design management experience.
• A portfolio demonstrating outstanding visual design, interaction design, problem-solving, and prototyping skills.
• Experience leading large-scale redesigns or net new products, working on ambiguous problems, and on complex B2B applications.
• Experience managing a team of product designers to produce great work at scale.
• An outstanding communicator, storyteller, and facilitator, who can bring people together and build a shared understanding with an inspiring vision and narrative.
• Someone who is proactive, organized, curious, pragmatic, and can prioritize their own work independently to maximize their impact at the company.

Responsibilities

• Shipping delightful and easy-to-use experiences, whether they’re for customers or partners
• Working on all types of problems: complex, ambiguous, large redesigns, small wins, internal demos, etc
• Closely collaborating with engineering, product, and marketing teams from planning through execution
• Producing high-quality work that not only pushes the experience forward, but inspires others and raises the quality bar
• Working directly with design, product and engineering leaders, helping craft compelling narratives, strategies, and inspiring demos
• Managing a team of ICs at different stages of their careers and coaching them to grow
• Joining a team of talented designers and contributing to our design culture through collaboration and leadership

Skills

Product design experience

Product design management

Portfolio

Leadership of redesigns

Team management

Communication

Proactive self-management

Job description

Plaid is building tools that empower thousands of developers to create innovative financial products. The Design team leads product design, research, and content strategy across the Dashboard surface, collaborating with product and engineering to shape strategy and deliver high-quality experiences.

The Design Manager on the Dashboard team will coach designers and a researcher, drive execution, and help define Plaid’s long-term product vision while delivering customer-first outcomes.