Remote Product Design Manager: Lead & Scale Design

Roo Veterinary, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 155,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stipends for home office setup

Continuing education

Monthly wellness stipend

401K

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Travel for team events

Job summary

Roo Veterinary, Inc. is seeking a design lead to act as a player-coach, designing while mentoring teammates. Remote-first role with occasional travel to San Francisco co-working space; sits in Roo’s product team that spans squads to deliver cohesive product experiences.

You'll own design work end-to-end in Figma, raise the craft, and set the bar. Grow the team, evolve design systems, and advance AI-enabled prototyping for real components.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product design experience with 2+ years of management.
• Grow, coach, and support senior designers toward strategic influence.
• Strong portfolio across visual design, interaction, systems, storytelling.
• Experience building and scaling design systems.
• AI fluency in design practice; know where it helps and where it doesn't.
• Ability to clarify ambiguity and turn ideas into concepts.
• Strong cross-functional communication with leadership.
• Experience with user research methods to gather insights.
• Excited to shape the industry by designing meaningful experiences.
• Experience leading design across multiple products or surfaces.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow the 5-person Product Design team.
• Evolve design competencies into a clear, defensible standard.
• Support career growth with development conversations and reviews.
• Do real design work yourself on hard problems and quick wins.
• Partner with leadership to align design with product strategy.
• Build and strengthen design systems for consistency and scalability.
• Encourage exploration while staying grounded in user needs.
• Advocate for customer experience across surfaces.

Skills

PM design experience

Management experience

Coaching designers

Strong portfolio

Design systems

AI in design

Cross-functional comms

User research methods

Multi-product leadership

Two-sided marketplace

Job description

Roo Veterinary, Inc. is seeking a design lead to act as a player-coach, designing while mentoring teammates. Remote-first role with occasional travel to San Francisco co-working space; sits in Roo’s product team that spans squads to deliver cohesive product experiences.

You'll own design work end-to-end in Figma, raise the craft, and set the bar. Grow the team, evolve design systems, and advance AI-enabled prototyping for real components.