Senior Design Lead

MazeMultiplayer; United States; Remote; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from anywhere

Annual 15% discretionary bonus

Paid time off (over 20 days)

Health benefits

Training & development opportunities

Annual team-wide trip

Job summary

MazeMultiplayer is seeking a Senior Design Lead who can guide multiple design projects and teams, translate complex problems into clear strategy, and coach designers to sharpen their craft. You will advocate for high quality work with senior stakeholders and manage reports and client relationships while keeping projects aligned with business goals.

You’ll establish the design direction, nurture critique, and help teams slow down to question assumptions.

Qualifications

• 8 years of full-time product design experience.
• 4+ years of people management experience.
• Portfolio accessible.
• Minimum 3-hour overlap with Toronto EST timezone.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple complex design projects and define approaches, deliverables, and timelines.
• Coach direct reports and senior designers to sharpen critique.
• Establish design strategy aligned with business goals.
• Own client relationships and manage expectations with directors.

Job description

The person we’re looking for

We’re seeking a Senior Design Lead with a proven ability to bring clarity to complex problems. You’ll guide multiple projects and teams, coach designers to grow their craft, and be a trusted voice for design with senior stakeholders. You’ll also manage direct reports and client relationships.

Job Overview

• Lead multiple complex design projects or workstreams, defining approaches, deliverables, and timelines while guiding teams through ambiguity.
• Know when to step in, when to delegate, and how to keep the team aligned and working collaboratively.
• Maintain consistent design judgement and critical rigour.
• Coach direct reports, leads and senior designers to sharpen their critique and articulate a clear point of view.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen design thinking across your team’s projects, helping designers slow down, question assumptions, and avoid shortcuts that weaken the work.
• Own client relationships, managing expectations, addressing concerns, and escalating strategic decisions to directors as needed.
• Establish and articulate the design strategy to the team to ensure work is aligned with business goals, and work with senior clients to align on future-state vision.
• Advocate for and defend design decisions at a senior stakeholder level, translating design rationale into language that resonates with executive audiences.

Requirements

• Proven 8 years full-time industry experience as a product designer
• 4+ years of people management experience
• Portfolio we can access
• Must have a minimum 3-hour overlap with Toronto EST timezone

Benefits

• $135,000 - $165,000 annually
• Work from anywhere
• Annual 15% discretionary bonus
• Paid time off (over 20 days)
• Health benefits
• Training & development opportunities
• Annual team-wide trip