Discord · 13 hours ago
Product Design Manager, Engagement
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$220K/yr - $248K/yr
8+ years expDiscord is a platform used by over 200 million people monthly, focused on enhancing user engagement and retention in gaming. The Product Design Manager will lead a team of designers to create engaging user experiences and collaborate with cross-functional partners to execute product strategy.
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Responsibilities
Develop a team of highly-engaged designers by coaching and instilling a sense of ownership and impact
Provide direction and guidance of product designers' output, promote partnerships and design process
Build close bonds with your corresponding engineering and product management leaders to influence product strategy and ensure world-class product execution
Partner with Staff+ designers and XFN partners to define and refine the design portions of the roadmap, ensuring work is appropriately broken down and prioritized
Set a strong pace for the team and foster a culture of quality by balancing holistic thinking with feature impact, cutting scope when needed without compromising quality
Make sound first-principle decisions around resourcing and team composition, adapting to changing needs or tuning team dynamics
Drive design excellence within your team and owned systems; mentor designers on user-centric thinking and risk mitigation
Occasionally be hands-on with design work, pitching in to support your team and keep them focused on deeper work—however this is primarily a management role
Qualification
Required
2+ years of experience as a Design Manager and/or have led at least 2 Product Designers previously within a design team
6+ years experience in multi-platform digital products as a Product Designer (or similar role). Especially fluent with mobile product development and consumer products, with experience using prototyping tools to demonstrate product concepts
A portfolio of work you've designed and shipped as well as examples of work you directed delivered by your team. Examples of how you have previously influenced your product teams, organizations or discipline
An enjoyment of people leadership. This includes recruiting, training and developing, organization design, and leading by example
Strong eye for craft. You can identify when work can benefit from more time or investment, identifying gaps in visual or interaction design
History of strong partnerships with engineering and product management leadership
You thrive in ambiguous environments and get excited about figuring out strategies or processes to address them—both in product and internal team structures
You are a first principles thinker that can work with others to come up with pragmatic solutions
Designing yourself does not scare you, and you're happy to jump in to help if needed. You are still a designer even if you don't do it all the time
Benefits
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Company
Discord
Discord is an online voice, video, and text communication platform designed for creating communities.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$995.41MKey Investors
Flat CapitalDragoneer Investment GroupSony Interactive Entertainment
2024-03-01Secondary Market
2022-11-22Series I
2022-03-12Secondary Market· $10.86M
Leadership Team
Stanislav Vishnevskiy
CTO & Co-Founder
Mike Polner
VP, Global Head of Marketing
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