Manager - Product Design (8-14 yrs)

Role & Responsibilities :

Contribute to our design system :

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop reusable components, patterns, and guidelines that enhance user experience and accelerate the whole team.

- Conduct regular audits and make updates to components to incorporate feedback and emerging best practices.

- Become an advocate for design system use at Instawork, helping others leverage and evolve components effectively.

Strategy and Leadership :

- Partner with your product leads to define and drive the overall strategy for your product area, ensuring alignment with business goals and user needs.

- Lead a lean but efficient design team from APAC while also contributing to product design process

- Lead a lean but efficient design team from APAC while also contributing to product design process

- Coach and mentor designers and managers and help them perform at their best and achieve their career goals

User Research and Testing :

- Conduct and oversee user research activities, including interviews, surveys, usability testing, and competitive analysis.

- Analyze and synthesize research findings to inform design decisions and validate concepts.

- Advocate for user-centered design methodologies and ensure that user feedback is integrated into the design process.

Design Execution and Collaboration :

- Work closely with developers to ensure accurate implementation of design specifications and provide ongoing support during the development process.

- Facilitate design reviews and present design solutions to stakeholders at various stages of the project lifecycle.

- Establish the operating model that increases the teams effectiveness

Continuous Improvement and Innovation :

- Stay current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in UX design and design systems.

- Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the design team.

- Identify opportunities to enhance the user experience and propose creative solutions to complex design challenges.

- Build a culture that elevates the team, both in performance and morale

Ideal Candidate :

- At least 8+ years experience as a product designer, with a strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in design systems and user-centered design.

- Proven ability to recruit and retain talented designers

- Mastery in design tools like Figma

- Strong understanding of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and their impact on design.

- Excellent communication, presentation, and collaboration skills.

- Ability to think strategically and execute methodically in a fast-paced environment.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail.