Senior Group Design Manager

We're excited to invite an experienced design lead to join our team to manage strategic projects, elevate our user experience, and mentor our talented designers. Our organization is highly collaborative, always evolving, and fueled by excellence. As a key player, you'll work hand-in-hand with Product Management and Engineering leaders to shape the future of the verticals under your care. In your role as Senior Group Design Manager, you'll not only drive the continuous enhancement of our user experience but also play a pivotal role in integrating your vertical into our overarching Product vision.

What you’ll deliver

• You will manage and coach team of 4-6 product designers
• You will bring strong viewpoints to the table to drive org advancement
• You will serve as a mentor within the larger design org and provide critical feedback
• You will foster an atmosphere of trust, inclusion, and purpose
• You will set clear performance expectations via regular performance reviews

• You will mindfully scale our product to grow with our design system and brand
• You will be able to attract, select, and retain a group of diverse high quality designers
• You will create and drive design vision and strategy for your product area and collaborate with other senior leaders to execute on it
• You will develop a solid understanding of the SmartRecruiters platform and proactively contribute ideas for experience improvements
• You will review design work to ensure that it meets our quality standards

SmartRecruiters is a values-driven, global-minded, and well-funded tech employer on a mission to connect people to jobs at scale. As a global leader in enterprise recruitment software, SmartRecruiters offers a cloud-based global Hiring Success platform that allows teams to attract, select, and hire the best talent. 4,000 companies worldwide rely on SmartRecruiters to achieve hiring success—including brands like Bosch, LinkedIn, Skechers, and Visa—using recruitment marketing, CRM, AI, ATS, and a marketplace of 600+ connected vendors all within one scalable platform.

We are proud to offer a collaborative, diverse, and remote-friendly work environment, as well as competitive salaries and generous equity. We believe in promotion from within, so high performance can lead to upward mobility. Needless to say, we make sure you’re taken care of. Our inclusive office environment welcomes and respects all.

SmartRecruiters enables Hiring Without Boundaries™ by freeing talent acquisition teams from legacy applicant tracking software. SmartRecruiters’ next-generation platform serves as the hiring operating system for 4,000 customers like Bosch, LinkedIn, Skechers, and Visa. Companies with business-critical hiring needs turn to SmartRecruiters for best-of-breed functionality, world-class support, and a robust ecosystem of third-party applications and service providers.

• 10+ years of experience in Product Design
• 5+ years of design management experience
• Proven ability to turn complex product design problems into intuitive solutions
• Full comfort  with user research, design systems, and agile methodologies
• An expert eye for detail, excellent communication, and organizational skills
• Experience in a startup-like environment with iterative, value-driven product releases

SmartRecruiters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.