Senior Product Design Manager - Growth & Onboarding

Design Better Podcast; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 272,000 - 306,000; Full time

Job summary

Discord is seeking a Full-time Senior Product Designer to own the new-user journey, from search to onboarding and ongoing engagement. You will lead a team of designers across acquisition, activation, and re-engagement, shaping product direction with milestoned experiments and close collaboration with product, engineering, and data science.

The role emphasizes delivering high-quality experiences with empathy for users, balancing business goals with user value, and a modern approach to AI-assisted

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in scaled consumer-facing digital product design.
• 4+ years directly managing design teams of 4+ people.
• Ability to simplify and clarify complex problems; turn insights into product directions.
• Experience designing acquisition, activation, or lifecycle experiences.
• Strong communication to peers and executives to drive action.
• Leadership rooted in empathy; staff and grow direct reports.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and balancing business goals with user value.
• Curiosity about AI-assisted design workflows and when human input is needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of product designers across acquisition, activation, and re-engagement.
• Inspire teams through strategic storytelling and milestone-driven experimentation plans.
• Balance growth velocity with user value and product quality.
• Uphold high design quality standards and inject delight into the new-user journey.
• Partner with product, engineering, and data science to align on strategy and execution.
• Champion informed design through user research and data.
• Foster a culture of creative excellence and humane problem-solving.

Skills

Team leadership

Growth product design

Onboarding design

Communication with exec

Empathy-driven leadership

Ambiguity handling

AI-assisted design understanding

Job description

Discord is seeking a Full-time Senior Product Designer to own the new-user journey, from search to onboarding and ongoing engagement. You will lead a team of designers across acquisition, activation, and re-engagement, shaping product direction with milestoned experiments and close collaboration with product, engineering, and data science.

The role emphasizes delivering high-quality experiences with empathy for users, balancing business goals with user value, and a modern approach to AI-assisted