Product Design Manager
This position is based in New York City, and in some cases remote can be considered for the following states: CA, MA, MI, OR, NJ, TX, SC, VT, WA.
At Personio, your work transforms the way millions of people experience work every day. Join our Product & Technology team, where we drive our customers’ outcomes by designing, developing and delivering innovative and high quality products. Be empowered to take ownership of your areas and make an impact on your team, our product, and our customers.
In this role, you'll lead a large product area, providing clarity in all aspects of your domain, possessing deep, industry-leading experience, and being regarded as exceptional by peers both internally and externally. You'll manage and hire talent for diverse teams, drive high-impact initiatives, and lead an entire product group in collaboration with Engineering and Product Management partners.
Role Responsibilities: What you'll do- Managing a team of individual contributors across various products and initiatives.
- Identifying, driving, and delivering high-impact and valuable initiatives for the company.
- Attracting, hiring, and investing in high-potential senior individual contributors and managers.
- Leading an entire product group in collaboration with Engineering and Product Management partners.
- Identifying problems and opportunities that others may not see.
- Ensures collaboration is productive, actively improves own function. Simplifies process, removes blockers, sets up best practices to drive speed of execution and outcomes.
- Creates outsized impact on the quality of the design organization at large.
- 3+ years experience managing a world-class design team through performance management
- 10+ years of professional experience as a Product Designer, working in scaling or scaled tech companies
- Experience working closely with Product Management and Engineering to define product strategy and OKRs.
- Possesses experience in building and launching products at a successful product company.
- Ability to simplify objectives and projects to deliver in the most efficient and high quality way.
- Experience mentoring individual contributors, contributing to their growth and success, particularly through challenging projects or features.
- Experience identifying and consolidated frameworks, systems, tools, adding simplicity and driving velocity.
Our Benefits
Aside from our people, culture, and mission, check out some of the other benefits that make Personio a great place to work:
- Receive a robust reward package – reevaluated each year – that includes salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity
- Enjoy 20 days of paid vacation, plus an additional day after 2 and 4 years (because we love what we do, but we also love vacation!)
- Invest in your future with a 401(k) retirement account and a Personio match of up to 5%
- Get comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for yourself and your family
- Make an impact on the environment and society with 2 (fully paid) Impact Days – one for an individual project of your choice and one for a company-wide initiative
- Receive family leave, mental health support, and sabbatical opportunities with PersonioCares
- Grow your skills with an annual personal development budget to use on professional memberships, external certifications, conferences, and more
- Connect with your fellow Personios at regular company and team events like All Company Culture Week and local year-end celebrations
- Engage in a high-impact working environment with flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes