Manager, Product Design

Job Title: Manager, Product Design

Location: Remote - US

THE OPPORTUNITY:

Although we’re proud of our history, we’re just as excited about the future.  We want to create a world-class culture and company that attracts, develops, engages and retains elite talent.

At Salesloft, our Product Design Managers are pivotal to our company’s success.  You will be a key member of our high-performing Product Experience team and you will build and lead a team of talented designers to craft our future best-in-class user experiences. You are a creative leader across all phases of the product design process from project definition, to leveraging user research, to informing strategy and identifying opportunities, to ideation, prototyping, testing, into final, high quality visual design, production, and delivery. The ideal candidate pushes boundaries, has an eye for detail, and partners with PM and Engineering to address the needs of our customers, users, and company strategy.

On a day-to-day basis, you will be responsible for leading and empowering a team of designers to create and deliver innovative end-to-end user experiences that meet the needs of our customer’s business goals, make our users work lives easier, and embodies Salesloft’s future vision.  Specifically, you will

• Foster a user-centered/design thinking team culture for framing and solving customer problems.
• Partner closely with leadership across product development and research to drive alignment on customer and business goals while identifying new opportunity areas and defining the vision of future experiences.
• Uphold and deliver high quality output by working with designers and product managers to review and critique the details of the design deliverables and user stories, posing questions and resolving ambiguities.
• Oversee and inspire the creation of design deliverables: flows, sketches, wireframes, customer journeys, concepts, and prototypes.
• Work with designers across scrum teams to prioritize and scope design work to ensure a balance between delivering design work on time while still pushing boundaries.
• Develop design talent and build a thriving culture where designers grow in their careers and feel a strong sense of inclusion and belonging.

In addition to working with amazing colleagues who exemplify our ‘team over self’ core value, you will have the opportunity to influence the next generation user experience of the impactful and revolutionary software that is changing the way sellers sell.  You will have an opportunity to make a difference.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

We are seeking a passionate leader who will drive a transformational and delightful consumer-grade user experience for our Salesloft customers and users. Specifically, you will play a pivotal role in creating a design center of excellence that will produce high quality products that meet our customers' business needs and provide our users with delightful experiences. You will partner closely with product, research, and engineering teams and management to deliver on that vision.

If you’re looking for an opportunity to learn more, do more, and become more, then becoming a Product Design Manager is the career path for you!

THE TEAM:

Salesloft’s product teams are comprised of seasoned and up-and-coming technologists who are all aligned on one vision and mission:

• Vision: Every seller is loved by the buyers they serve (#saleslove)
• Mission: Equip companies to maximize revenue by creating a fantastic buying experience

The Product Experience Design team consists of creative, results-oriented professionals with a strong problem-solving mentality and a desire to serve our customers.  Our passion is to create delightful, consumer-grade experiences for users while increasing their productivity and effectiveness in their work.

They are also the epitome of our core values:  Lead with humility and respect, Earn customer trust, Put team over self, Redefine what’s possible, Deliver big results

THE SKILL SET:

• Experience building creative centers of excellence founded in UCD and design thinking.
• Drive collaboration and your vision with cross-functional product development teams and stakeholders to build alignment on priorities leading to cutting-edge product design and execution.
• Develop and lead a design program that supports multiple teams through the full product development cycle (discovery, concepts, prototypes, user feedback, and specs).
• Ensure innovative, modern, and high quality design deliverables (e.g. Flows, Sketches, Mockups, and Prototypes) meet the needs of our customers, users,