The opportunity
We’re looking for a mission-driven Product Design Manager to join MainStreet’s Design team. You’ll be managing a growing team of talented Product Designers and helping them do the best work of their life. You’ll report to our Head of Design.
What you’ll do
- Continue building and nurturing a team of fantastic product designers
- Help scale a distributed Product Design team, and evolve its rituals and processes as the team grows
- Help define the quality bar for the Product Design team and work with individual designers to identify and close any gaps
- Cultivate a collaborative culture and a healthy team environment
- Partner closely with cross-functional stakeholder across Product, Engineering, Research, and other functional areas in order to influence the product strategy and the overall direction of our company
- Identify ways to up-level Design within our company and help position MainStreet as one of the best places to work as a designer
What we’re looking for
- ... At least 2 years of experience managing product designers (more senior candidates strongly encouraged to apply)
- A portfolio that showcases your abilities to lead a team of product designers and to nurture a positive team culture
- Ability to attract, retain, and up-level talented designers at various seniority levels
- Ability to provide clear feedback and direction to designers on your team without being overly prescriptive
- Ability to coordinate design efforts across multiple workstreams
- Ability to identify opportunities for improving our recruiting practices in order to build a world-class design team
- Ability to deal with complexity and ambiguity, and to help designers on your team navigate them as well
