Product Design Manager

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Operate as a leader within the R&D organization at Grafana representing the Product Design function
• - Own, define, communicate, and drive execution on product design strategy
• - Work closely with cross-functional peers across Engineering, Product Management, Documentation and Tech Writing
• - Build strong working relationships with peers, leaders, and stakeholders
• - Own the Product Design staffing strategy
• - Be the reporting manager for a small team of 4-5 product designers
• - Work to ensure that the designers on your team are effectively supporting the EPD+ squads
• - Work with the rest of the Product Design leadership team to identify staffing gaps
• - Contribute hands on to design strategy artifact creation or design execution
• - Coach and mentor your reports in various aspects of the product design skillset
• - Provide actionable and specific feedback to your reports
• - Help your reports define short and longer term career goals
• - Evaluate and communicate the performance of your reports
• - Build a positive team culture that fosters psychological safety, encourages innovation and experimentation

Required Skills

• - A well-rounded generalist product design skillset with a track record of shipping effective user experiences for complex B2B/enterprise software products
• - Ability to coach, mentor, provide both positive and constructive feedback to, and inspire a diverse team of product designers in a remote-first setting
• - Ability to build and leverage strong relationships with cross-functional partners and leaders across Engineering, Product Management, Documentation, and other functions
• - Ability to lead teams in developing artifacts, processes, and ways of working that improve cross-functional product development practices
• - Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
• - A balanced leadership style characterized by a combination of kindness, pragmatism, and a focus on driving business impact
• - Ability to model and exemplify Grafana cultural values

Benefits

• - Equity
• - Bonus (if applicable)
• - Other benefits listed on the careers page