Product Design Manager

The role

You will act as a player/coach leading and mentoring a team of 4 to 8 Product Designers. You will manage resourcing, lead hands-on design for strategic initiatives, and partner with domain leaders to shape product strategy.

What you will do

• Coach, develop, and set actionable career goals for a team of 4 to 8 Product Designers
• Manage resourcing and balance team workloads
• Drive hiring to scale the design function
• Lead hands-on design work for critical strategic initiatives using Figma
• Partner with domain leads to define OKRs, prioritize roadmaps, and craft strategy
• Collaborate with design managers in other domains to align patterns and ensure a connected app experience

Required qualifications

• Track record of managing or leading product designers in a fast-paced SaaS, fintech, or scale-up environment
• Experience of hiring and developing designers
• Experience managing resourcing across a team
• Strong portfolio showing strategic product thinking and top-tier UI/UX execution
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and collaborating in an agile setup
• Experience balancing user and business needs and working with senior stakeholders
• Deep experience working across the full design lifecycle from research to handover
• Excitement to pioneer the inclusion of AI in design processes

Nice to have

• Small business knowledge

Benefits

• Competitive salary and share options
• Generous annual leave on top of bank holidays
• Paid maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Extended unpaid and paid leave options after completing milestone years
• Salary sacrifice benefits like Nursery and Cycle to Work discounts
• Comprehensive Private family insurance plan
• Comprehensive accidental and life insurance protection
• Access to therapy sessions, courses, meditations, and workshops
• Pension scheme on eligible earnings
• Paid days annually for volunteering or personal growth
• Annual budget for books, courses, coaching, and more
• Work from abroad for up to 90 days annually

About the company

Tide helps SMEs save time and money by offering business accounts, banking services, and administrative solutions. The company supports over 2 million members globally across the UK, Germany and France.