Design Manager

About the rol

Simetrik is looking for a Design Manager. This highly analytical and creative role requires deep knowledge of the UX/UI design process, its adjacent fields, and best practices to achieve user satisfaction.

As a Design Manager, you will be responsible for leading and guiding strategic verticals of the UX/UI team from the strategy to the delivery of new features. Based on deep product understanding, you will also ensure the team’s speed and quality. You will work with the tech team and the product owners to generate the most outstanding possible value for our clients and will be part of the strategic decision-making of our product development.

Responsibilities:

• Set the Design strategy along with the other Design Managers within the team
• Ensure alignment with Product Managers, and regular and efficient communication with stakeholders, leadership, and other teams about progress, upcoming work, and any work requests assigned to the team.
• Oversee the Design team, lead and mentor direct reports, make hiring decisions for the team, and help individuals improve by providing feedback on research and design work.
• Prioritize and assign work to the team while ensuring deadlines are met and manageable.
• Facilitate the design process by setting and maintaining team workflows, evaluate what is and is not working, and document the design process.
• Lead design reviews to explore the product, search for usability problems, and identify areas to improve.
• Participate in user research to guide product design decisions (contextual inquiry, usability testing, competitive analysis, etc.)
• Plan budgets with cross-functional leaders to allocate the resources necessary for the UX team to complete their work.
• Onboard and support new hires to be successful
• Build and maintain team values and a positive team culture
• Proactively spot and fix design issues and continuously iterate on solutions
• Remove bottlenecks so the team stays on track

Qualifications:

• Be an expert on all aspects of UX/UI design including information architecture, prototypes, research, testing, and hi-fi and lo-fi quality design.
• Great understanding of the product design process and ability to use different skills to improve them.
• Product-based UX design experience working on complex desktop software products
• Understand user perspectives by actively listening, observing, communicating, and limiting assumptions
• Lead by example — demonstrating the same empathy for internal teams as you do for customers
• Knowledge and experience in Design and Content Systems
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment to create a top-performing product
• Experience working with software development teams

Bonus:

• Startup experience is a huge plus.
• Track record of designing successful SaaS-based software products

Benefits:

• Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions and competitive salaries.
• Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits, creating and collaborating is everyday business.
• Open communication with management and company leadership
• Small, dynamic teams = massive impact
• 100% Remote Work (You choose where to work from)
• 500USD a year for you to invest in learning.