Product Design Manager

The role

You will lead and scale a team of 5 product designers. You will identify strategic UX opportunities and orchestrate user research to drive business performance.

What you will do

• Scale and level-up a team of 5 product designers
• Partner with design, product, engineering, and HR to hire and develop talent
• Identify strategic UX opportunities to increase user productivity
• Orchestrate user research to convert needs into actionable insights
• Measure the effect of design on business performance
• Contribute expertise back to the business through insights and best practices
• Help the team balance speed, quality, and design consistency
• Shape and establish design processes
• Partner with design ops teams

Required qualifications

• Fluency in French
• Proficiency in English
• Strong track record of leading product design teams
• Ability to simplify, synthesize, and translate complex issues
• Experience collaborating with senior executives (C-level, Executive Committee, etc.)
• Experience working closely with Designers, Engineers and Product Managers
• Ability to present and defend decisions to senior stakeholders
• Energized by an ever-shifting work environment
• Highly collaborative
• Sufficiently experienced to prioritize business-led actions

Nice to have

• Experience in B2B organisations

Benefits

• 25 vacation days paid
• Competitive compensation package
• Company shares
• Budget for home workspace
• Monthly allowance for coworking space
• Access to 8000 fitness spaces in Europe via Gymlib
• Access to Busuu for English or French
• Latest Apple equipment
• Company events such as Tech Days and annual company seminar
• French contract includes 6 to 12 RTT, 5 weeks PTOs, lunch credits (Swile), and Alan Blue healthcare cover

About the company

Pennylane is a fast growing Fintech in France providing accounting and financial software for small businesses and accountants. It has raised 400 million euros and employs over 1000 people.