Product Design Manager

at  Staffbase

ABOUT STAFFBASE

In a polarized world, we inspire people to achieve great things together. Our mission is to help organizations unlock the power of inspirational communication so they can thrive in the Narrative Age. Our award-winning communications channels - intranet, employee app and email - deliver experiences that drive engagement and inspire hearts and minds.
We’re headquartered in Chemnitz, Germany, with offices in many locations throughout the world, including New York, London, Berlin and Dresden. Our international team counts more than 750 employees from 45+ nationalities and we have a growing base of 2200+ customers that want to transform their employee experience. We are rapidly scaling, post-Series E ($115 million funding), have strong-growing revenue, and our customers love us.
At Staffbase, you will have the opportunity to help redefine the importance and purpose of internal communications in the enterprise segment. Goodbye to the old clunky B2B user experience, hello to intuitive & innovative B2B UX design.
We are looking for an exceptional Product Design Manager to lead and own the strategic design direction of one of our largest products. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, Group Product Manager, and Engineering Leads.
You will lead a team of 3-4 product designers and report directly to the Director of Product Design.

• Deeply understand and empathize with our users and their experience of our Email product to define the long-term UX strategy; carry and support this understanding throughout your team
• Evangelize the importance of quality, consistent design, and user experience across your product portfolio. This will include implementing or supporting the improvement of processes & principles like information architecture, accessibility, design thinking & research in your team, and potentially across other streams
• Lead, mentor, and grow your product design team and co-create design processes while working with Product & Engineering to deliver intuitive and impactful products
• Align your team strategy to our overarching company goals, empowering them to rapidly produce research and design results autonomously, and be involved in selected projects yourself where needed
• Lead design within email holistically. Driving initiatives and programs to enhance the overall experience while positively impact our business.
• Collaborate with customer-facing teams and effectively communicate progress and achievements to stakeholders within the Product Organization, other departments, and executive leadership
• Be a leading voice for our customers’ employees. Ensuring that we are constantly improving the end-user experience for some of our core products