Senior Design Manager, AI-First Strategy & Portfolio

Atlassian; Mountain View (CA); Remote; USD 221,000 - 289,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Volunteer days

Equity

Job summary

At Atlassian, we are shaping the Strategy Collection product—the AI-native portfolio management suite (Focus, Talent, Align) that ties strategic bets to delivery work and financials. You will lead a diverse design team in a high-ambition, 0-to-1 space, partnering with Product and Engineering to craft intuitive, enterprise-grade experiences.

You’ll own the design vision, drive craft standards, and advocate for executive users, delivering clarity and impact across the platform.

Qualifications

• Experience managing and scaling teams of senior ICs and/or design managers.
• A portfolio demonstrating consumer-grade craft and the ability to simplify complex systems into intuitive workflows.
• Proven success operating in nascent, high-ambiguity 0-to-1 environments.
• Hands-on experience applying modern AI tools to prototyping, exploration, or product features.
• Fluency in B2B/enterprise domains such as strategic planning, portfolio governance, analytics, workforce capacity, or financial tracking.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the 0-to-1 design vision for Strategy Collection, establishing new interaction paradigms in a high-ambiguity space.
• Set and enforce a high bar for craft, fit and finish, visual polish, information hierarchy, and motion across Focus, and Talent.
• Manage, coach, and scale a high-performing team of 5-10 designers.
• Partner as an equal with Product and Engineering leadership on roadmap, prioritization, and strategic bets.
• Champion AI-native design workflows—rapid prototyping, data-driven validation, and compressed discovery-to-delivery cycles.
• Advocate for C-suite, transformation, and portfolio-manager users, ensuring the product earns their trust and delivers actionable clarity.

Skills

Team leadership

Design systems

AI prototyping

Portfolio governance

Strategy alignment

Tools

AI tools in prototyping

Job description

At Atlassian, we are shaping the Strategy Collection product—the AI-native portfolio management suite (Focus, Talent, Align) that ties strategic bets to delivery work and financials. You will lead a diverse design team in a high-ambition, 0-to-1 space, partnering with Product and Engineering to craft intuitive, enterprise-grade experiences.

You’ll own the design vision, drive craft standards, and advocate for executive users, delivering clarity and impact across the platform.