Senior Design Lead

Multiplayer; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Multiplayer is seeking a Senior Design Lead to guide multiple projects, coach designers, and own client relationships. You’ll drive clarity on complex problems and advocate for design at senior stakeholder levels, while mentoring teams to elevate craft and impact.

You’ll collaborate with clients and internal teams to shape future-state design strategy and ensure work aligns with business goals, requiring strong portfolio presentation and leadership across time zones.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Job description

We are Multiplayer! We design and build products that work for people, so people can do their best work.

We design product experiences that bring purpose and delight to everyday tasks. Working side by side with our clients, we help rapidly build their internal design capabilities. And we’re dedicated to fostering happiness in our own culture and in every client relationship.

We believe happiness is good business. When people are happier at work, they perform better, think smarter, and achieve more. This belief powers our approach, which we call Happiness by Design .

Let’s build a happier way to work—together.

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
• Must have a minimum 3-hour overlap with Toronto EST timezone

Your portfolio is your first introduction to us, and the most important part of your application. Show us that you are someone who does great work and who genuinely cares about how it’s presented. We’re looking for evidence that you apply your craft to how you present your work, that you understand your audience, and that you can tell a compelling story about the work you’ve done.

Every portfolio is reviewed by a senior member of our team, and applications will not be considered without one. Because we give each submission real attention, we’d love to see the same care reflected by you. Show us a few projects you’re proud of, and tell us about your process in your own words.