Manager, Product Design

Manager, Product Design

SUB-DEPARTMENT

Product Design

JOB TYPE

Full Time

LOCATION

Austin; Boston; Chicago; Indianapolis; San Diego; Remote United States

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Seismic, a rapidly growing Forbes Cloud 100 company, is the global leader in enablement, helping make sales teams better by becoming more productive and engaging with buyers in a compelling way. Seismic’s platform provides continuous guidance to improve behavior, content, and skills to win more deals and deliver better experiences. Nearly 2,000 organizations including IBM and American Express have made Seismic their enablement platform of choice. Seismic integrates with business-critical platforms including Microsoft, Salesforce, Google and Adobe. Seismic is headquartered in San Diego, with offices across North America, Europe, and Australia.

Seismic is committed to building an inclusive workplace that ignites growth for our employees and creates a culture of belonging that allows all employees to be seen and valued for who they are.

The Seismic Product Design team is a fun, hard-working, creative, and highly collaborative group. Each designer brings their unique perspective to help us realize our goal of solving users’ needs by designing software that is driven by empathy and validated with data. We have a strong focus on continuous learning and growth, and seek to leave everything a little better than we found it. If you are passionate about people and design, enjoy working with others on complex problems, and are excited about the prospect of joining a dynamic and visionary team let’s chat!

We are looking for a Product Design Manager to serve the cross-functional team that focuses on our Sales Training and Sales Readiness products. Reporting to a Product Design Director, you will be responsible for leading and mentoring a team of designers, while collaborating closely with product management, engineering, and other design team members and leaders to deliver exceptional user experiences. This position is perfect for someone who loves to inspire, coach, and empower their team members to create amazing work.

What you will do:

• Create an environment that fosters and supports exceptional design work by your team and partners
• Work with with diverse, talented, and genuine people
• Recruit and attract skilled talent for our team
• Coach and develop designers on your team to grow in their roles
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, product marketing, and engineering, to establish objectives, key results, and execute strategies, and then steer your team towards achieving those goals
• Communicate design vision and strategy to stakeholders and executive leadership, gathering feedback and ensuring alignment with business goals
• Partner with product teams to establish priorities, plan projects, and define design approaches that result in the best user experiences
• Champion the user’s perspective and address the expectations of important business stakeholders
• Effectively manage and prioritize the multiple projects your designers will be working through, from ideation to completion
• Advocate for UX best practices, and educate and inspire leadership, designers, engineers, and product managers

What you will bring to the team:

• You are an organized and motivated leader who knows how to make the people around you better
• You have experience anticipating bandwidth needs and planning work and advocating for resources as needed with leadership
• You are an excellent communicator, self-starter, and collaborative enthusiast
• You are a great listener and seek to understand the why of decision making
• You know and believe that incremental improvements lead to incredible product offerings
• You have a passion for mentoring and developing team members, and fostering a culture of creativity and collaboration
• You believe in fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, and accountability within the design team
• You promote a people-focused approach to design that puts team members and users at the heart of everything we do
• You have a growth mindset and believe in the possibility of a better future

Who you are:

• 5+ years in product design, 3-5 years of experience managing design teams with demonstrated success
• A strong leader who can inspire and motivate designers to deliver their best work while also making it enjoyable
• Expertise in design thinking, workshop creation, and facilitation
• A skilled coach, mentor and teacher
• Exceptional collaborator with product management, engineering, user research, and design teams
• Driven to move quickly, make decisive decisions, and support teams to deliver world-class user experiences
• Excellent communication skills, including verbal, written, and visual communication, with the ability to influence and build consensus across all levels of the organization
• Able to interact with many stakeholders and balance a multitude of inputs, including user and business needs, while planning and allocating resources effectively
• Experience working with Figma and JIRA
• Experience working in B2B technology is a plus
• Please include a resume and portfolio as part of your application

What we have for you:

• Generous paid vacation, sick leave, and holiday benefits, including an end-of-the-year company shutdown
• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans, as well as an optional Health Savings Account with a company contribution
• Paid parental leave and family caregiver leave
• $1,000 annual professional development reimbursement
• Enhanced fertility and egg freezing benefits
• 401(k) plan with annual company match
• Monthly stipend for cell phone expenses
• Flexible work schedule
• Seismic Cares employee volunteer program
• #OneSeismic culture that celebrates wins, encourages autonomy, ownership and transparency

Headquartered in San Diego and with employees across the globe, Seismic is the global leader in sales enablement, backed by firms such as Permira, Ameriprise Financial, EDBI, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and T. Rowe Price. Seismic also recently expanded its team and product portfolio with the acquisition of Percolate, Grapevine6, and Lessonly. Our board of directors is composed of several industry luminaries including John Thompson, former Chairman of the Board for Microsoft.

Seismic is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, age, race, religion, or any other classification which is protected by applicable law.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.