Manager of Product Design

Manager of Product Design

tl;dr: We're looking for an outcome-oriented design leader to join us as a Manager of Product Design. You'll lead our high-quality design team and shape a generative AI product with strong PMF. You'll set us on a path to become a reference for what world-class enterprise product design looks like.

As our Manager of Product Design, you'll:

• Lead the Design direction of our product and ensure a cohesive and outstanding visual language and user experience.

• Coaching and providing feedback on your team's performance, helping them to develop clear career development goals and action plans on how to achieve them.

• Partnering directly with our Director of Product Design and VP of Product, to evolve the Product Design team: our people, our structure, our processes, our beliefs

• Anticipate and plan for the Design investments that will be necessary to take the product to new heights.

• Ensure product design is a strategic differentiator and that Synthesia is known for a simple, cohesive, and memorable user experience.

• Lead a team who are rethinking the paradigm of video creation around the latest advancements in generative AI.

• Identify opportunities to bring in more of the brand into our Product Design.

You should apply if you bring:

• Experience designing digital products and systems. This isn't solely a people management role - you'll also be involved with and guide the product work. All of our managers care deeply about and actively engage in our product development process, details, and outcomes.

• Experience managing Product Designers and genuinely caring about how the people who report to you perform, feel, and grow. The ability to develop a genuine relationship with people and help them grow, learn, and succeed.

• A working knowledge of the full stack of Product Design, from systems thinking to visual design. You don't need to be a specialist in all of these things, but you should be able to have informed, intelligent conversations.

• Ability to envision and lead change. There are many things that we still need to evolve and improve about how we work, and the design manager role will be a key part in driving that change. We're looking for someone who aligns with our values, but also who makes us better.

• A growth mindset. Willingness to own problems. Comfort with ambiguity. Passion for building product. A desire to make things better.

You should apply if you bring more details could go here At Synthesia we expect everyone to:

• Put the Customer First

• Own it & Go Direct

• Be Fast & Experimental

• Make the Journey Fun

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Benefits:

You will be compensated well with a generous salary and equity.

You get 25 days of annual leave + local holidays.

Regular team offsites where you'll get to collaborate with the product & engineering team in person.

️ Work from home budget

Work from anywhere policy of 60 days per year

You will join an established company culture with regular socials.

You can participate in a generous referral scheme.

Huge opportunity for a career defining role as we go from a series D scale-up with strong PMF to the next phase of growth.

London HQ - Synthesia will cover sponsorship for this role