Product Design Manager

As a Product Design Manager at EcoVadis, you’ll play a key role in shaping meaningful user experiences by collaborating closely with product, engineering, and development teams. You’ll help drive a seamless product development process that emphasises design excellence, cross-team alignment, and scalable solutions. In this role, you'll champion high-quality, consistent design outcomes while mentoring your team and advancing the design practice within EcoVadis.

● Design Leadership

• Lead and mentor a team of product designers, providing guidance, support, and feedback to elevate the quality of design across products
• Champion a user-centered design approach, ensuring the team creates intuitive, accessible, and impactful user experiences
• Establish and maintain a high design standard through critique sessions, design reviews, and clear feedback loops

● Strategic Influence

• Collaborate with product, engineering, marketing, and senior stakeholders to align design vision with business goals
• Contribute to product strategy by identifying user needs, opportunities, and innovative design solutions
• Drive design thinking and research practices throughout the product lifecycle

● Team Management & Development

• Hire, onboard, and develop a high-performing, diverse design team
• Set individual goals, conduct performance reviews, and facilitate career growth through coaching and mentorship ○ Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and design team culture

● Process Optimisation

• Define and evolve design processes and workfl ows that support scalability and effi ciency without sacrificing quality
• Implement systems for consistent design quality, such as guidelines, and shared resources
• Encourage experimentation while ensuring designs are delivered on time and aligned with product timelines

● Cross-functional Collaboration

• Act as a key liaison between design, product, engineering, and other departments to ensure cohesive product experiences
• Translate complex problems into elegant design solutions, supported by data and user insights
• Advocate for design as a strategic business function within the organisation

● Thought Leadership

Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging tools, and UX best practices ○ Represent the design function in leadership forums, contributing to broader company vision and culture