Senior Manager, Product Design & Strategy

Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium benefits: medical, vision, and

Dental and life insurance

Long-term disability insurance

Vacation and sick leave

401K with company matching

Eleven paid holidays

Job summary

Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. seeks a Manager, Product Design to lead and mature Product Design as a strategic enterprise capability within its Product Operating Model.

You will manage and develop the Product Design team, partner with Product Strategy, and establish standards for discovery and governance to drive high-quality experiences. Key responsibilities include shaping design strategy, strengthening partnerships with Product, Engineering, Data, Operations, and Compliance, and guiding

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HCI, UX Design, Product Design, or related field (equivalent practical experience considered).
• 10+ years in Product/UX/Service/Design Strategy roles.
• 5+ years leading Product Design teams including coaching and performance management.
• Demonstrated ability to build and mature design teams, governance, and product discovery practices.
• Proven executive communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong portfolio showing strategic design leadership and enterprise experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead Product Design as an enterprise capability aligned to Cambridge’s product taxonomy and strategy.
• Set vision, standards, and operating expectations for interaction and visual design and usability.
• Strengthen cross-functional partnership and governance across product, design, eng, data, and compliance.
• Advance continuous discovery and evidence-based decisions in product development.
• Build DesignOps practices for intake, capacity planning, rituals, and metrics.
• Represent design in strategy discussions and executive-ready recommendations.

Skills

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Design leadership

Product strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HCI/UX/Design

Tools

Design systems

DesignOps

Research operations

Job description

Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. seeks a Manager, Product Design to lead and mature Product Design as a strategic enterprise capability within its Product Operating Model.

You will manage and develop the Product Design team, partner with Product Strategy, and establish standards for discovery and governance to drive high-quality experiences. Key responsibilities include shaping design strategy, strengthening partnerships with Product, Engineering, Data, Operations, and Compliance, and guiding