Manager, Product Design

Responsibilities: People & Team Leadership Manage and mentor a team of product designers based in India, including hiring, performance management, and career development. Set clear goals and quality standards for

the team, and give regular, actionable feedback through critiques and 1:1s. Foster a collaborative, inclusive team culture, and represent the India design team within the global Product Design org and the broader company. Partner with design leadership, product, and engineering to plan team capacity, prioritize work across initiatives, and spot growth opportunities for team members. Build strong relationships with cross-functional peers, communicating proactively and consistently. Hands-On Design (Player) Lead design initiatives from discovery to delivery across multiple product surfaces, personally owning end-to-end design for key projects. Translate complex systems into intuitive, elegant experiences for a diverse set of users. Conduct or guide user research and usability testing to inform and validate design decisions. Contribute to and evolve our design system to ensure consistency and scalability. Cross-Functional Impact Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on goals, define problems, and co-create solutions. Advocate for design excellence and user-centric thinking across the organization. Act as a key design partner and voice for the Bengaluru team within global product and engineering planning.

Qualifications: Experience: 10+ years in product design Player-Coach Mindset: You're energized by both hands-on craft and developing people—you don't see management as a step away from design, but as an extension of raising the bar for it. Craft: You set a high bar for visual and interaction design, and your work is seen as a benchmark by peers and your team. People Management: You have experience hiring, managing, coaching, and giving feedback to designers, and you're skilled at balancing team development with delivery pressure. Systems Thinking: You're comfortable designing for complex, interconnected systems and understand how to scale design across products and teams. Collaboration: You thrive in cross-functional teams and are skilled at building alignment across disciplines and geographies. User-Centered: You ground your work and your team's work in research and data, and you're passionate about solving real user problems. Ownership: You're proactive, self-directed, and excited to take initiative in a fast-paced environment. AI Fluency: You have experience designing AI-powered features or workflows, and understand how to make machine learning and automation feel intuitive, transparent, and valuable to users. In-office Commitment: Our office is where ideas spark, connections thrive, and innovation comes alive. The expectation is to be on-site, in office five days a week as this offers the chance to immerse yourself in the energy of the office and collaborate with your co-workers. Together, we're building something extraordinary—learn, grow, and thrive in our fast-paced, transformative environment. Preferred Experience: Experience managing a design team in a global or distributed organization, partnering with leaders and peers across time zones. Experience designing enterprise or B2B SaaS products. Familiarity with logistics, supply chain, or data-heavy platforms. Experience building, scaling, or maintaining a design system. Diversity & Inclusion At project44, we're designing the future of how the world moves and is connected through trade and global supply chains. As we work to deliver a truly world-class product and experience, we are also intentionally building teams that reflect the unique communities we serve. We're focused on creating a company where all team members can bring their authentic selves to work every day. We're building a company that every one of us at project44 is proud to work for, and our journey of becoming a more diverse, equitable and inclusive organization, where all have a sense of belonging, is shaped through the actions of our leadership, global teams and individual team members. We are resolute in our belief that each team member has an equal responsibility to mold and uphold our culture. project44 is an equal opportunity employer seeking to enrich our work environment by creating opportunities for individuals of all backgrounds and experiences to thrive. If you share our values and our passion for helping the way the world moves, we'd love to review your application!

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