Product Design Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee and provide guidance to a team of designers through coaching, mentorship, performance management, and career advancement.

• Carry out regular growth discussions, development planning, and performance evaluations.

• Assist individuals in recognizing their strengths, potential growth areas, and career paths.

• Cultivate an inclusive, psychologically safe, and collaborative team environment.

• Aid in onboarding, retention, succession planning, and internal mobility initiatives.

• Collaborate with recruiting teams on hiring strategies, interview processes, and talent assessment.

• Enhance team operations, communication practices, and collaboration methods.

• Identify organizational challenges and implement improvements in workflows.

• Establish effective management practices, feedback mechanisms, and growth frameworks.

• Work alongside Design Directors and project leads to ensure team alignment and organizational clarity.

• Contribute to scalable management practices and design organization standards.

• Foster design craft development through coaching, a culture of critique, mentorship programs, and educational initiatives.

• Identify skill gaps and create opportunities for development.

• Shape internal learning pathways, design competencies, and capability frameworks.

• Explore emerging trends in design practices, collaboration tools, and organizational design.

• Evaluate industry directions and their implications for team skills, operating models, and creative processes.

• Suggest experiments involving AI workflow enhancements.

• Share insights and strategic recommendations with design leadership.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in product design.

• At least 2 years of experience in managing designers.

• Proven experience in creating excellent products and nurturing designers within complex product or organizational settings.

• Strong skills in coaching, mentorship, feedback, and performance management.

• High emotional intelligence, effective communication skills, and organizational awareness.

• Experience in fostering healthy team cultures and scalable management practices.

• Deep knowledge of contemporary product design workflows and creative collaboration.

• Curiosity about emerging technologies, AI-assisted design workflows, and evolving design methodologies.

• Ability to balance strategic thinking with practical leadership of people.

• Experience designing for K–12 educators and/or students is preferred.

• Familiarity with classroom workflows, curriculum products, or assessment systems is preferred.

• A background in learning science, accessibility, or inclusive design is preferred.

• Experience across digital and print-connected ecosystems is preferred.

• Personal experience with teaching, tutoring, or supporting K–12 students is preferred.

• Familiarity with AI-assisted design tools is preferred.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

• Willingness to travel to Amplify headquarters in New York for in-person onboarding or as needed periodically.

• A background check is required if selected for employment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Offers Equity.

• Offers Bonus.

• 401(k) plan.

• Competitive health insurance.

• Mental health options.

• Basic life insurance.

• Paid time off.

• Parental leave.

• Access to top-tier development programs.

• Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

• Flexible remote work arrangements.