Strategic Lead, Product Platform Design

CaptivateIQ; United States Virgin Islands; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Healthcare

Flexible Time Off

Annual stipends for development

Work anniversary bonuses

401(k) retirement plan

Apple hardware

Employee ERGs

Job summary

CaptivateIQ is seeking a Senior Manager of Product Design to lead design for our Product Platform, unifying shared capabilities into a coherent system. You will lead a hands-on, player‑coach team shaping high-impact problems and setting the quality bar while partnering with Product and Engineering leadership to evolve the platform.

You will drive design strategy, grow designers, and ensure consistent interaction and visual design across complex surfaces, with a focus on AI-enabled design and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product design experience, including complex, systems-level or platform work.
• 3+ years managing product designers, including senior ICs.
• Portfolio demonstrating strong product craft, systems thinking, and ability to simplify complex experiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and grow a team of product designers, including senior ICs.
• Set design strategy and quality bar for Product Platform with Product and Engineering.
• Act as player‑coach to shape high‑leverage problems while enabling designers to own their domains.
• Maintain a high bar for interaction and visual design across complex, systems‑heavy surfaces.
• Bring systems thinking to platform decisions with cross‑product implications.
• Represent Design in roadmap, prioritization, and architectural conversations.
• Drive alignment across teams through influence.
• Use research, product data, and customer signals to inform platform strategy.

Skills

Product design

Systems thinking

Leadership

Design leadership

Design systems

Cross-functional leadership

AI in design

B2B SaaS experience

Tools

Quotient design system

Job description

CaptivateIQ is seeking a Senior Manager of Product Design to lead design for our Product Platform, unifying shared capabilities into a coherent system. You will lead a hands-on, player‑coach team shaping high-impact problems and setting the quality bar while partnering with Product and Engineering leadership to evolve the platform.

You will drive design strategy, grow designers, and ensure consistent interaction and visual design across complex surfaces, with a focus on AI-enabled design and