You will play a key role making open source software
available to the world. Our Design function ensures the experience of the
software and infrastructure we build is true to our intentions, and delivers
the tools our community and customers need. The Design Manager makes this
possible through leadership within, and beyond, our teams.
As a Senior Design Manager, you bring both experience
managing design teams and have expertise in a deeply technical domain. This
enables you to coach designers in creating tools for developers and cloud engineers,
and cross-context to move towards tangible outcomes and lift the quality of
their work. You will manage expectations and ensure deadlines are met in a
timely manner against your roadmap. You will be able to communicate clearly and
actively listen to product and engineering stakeholders, and your team, to
drive sustainable quality improvements and guide individuals towards meaningful
growth.
Leading the Infrastructure Design team, you will take
responsibility for the products that help to build cloud experiences and
software distribution mechanisms, and you will help to evolve the security of
how software is packaged and delivered.
Location: This
role will be based remotely in the EMEA region
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Reviewing the work of your design team for quality
Working with individual designers to support their
professional growth
Continuously improving operational workflows,
including production outsourcing and collaboration with Web Engineering
Working with stakeholders, especially the Engineering
organization, to clearly define and validate outcomes
Evolving design systems and guidelines to drive
consistent quality and improve efficiency
Coordinating with the rest of design leadership to
mature our collective practice
Bringing your team and others together to share their
work and strengthen culture
Engaging the open source community to learn and make
the value of our work legible
Qualifications:
A portfolio demonstrating outstanding quality in UX
design and savviness in technology
Exceptional educational achievements in design or
related behavioral science discipline
Full lifecycle experience from user needs discovery
through validation and implementation guidance
Commitment to transparent project delivery and owning
team deadlines
Experience of managing a team that interacts with
technical stakeholders
Familiarity with quantitative optimisation approaches
A passion for balancing consistency and innovation
Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for
internal events
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