Design Manager

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential SaaS organization in France that is seeking a Design Manager to scale and strengthen their Product Design function. This is primarily a people and design-leadership role, with an expected split of approximately 80% management and 20% hands-on design work.

In this role, you'll focus on developing designers, improving team operations, strengthening design culture, and ensuring consistently high-quality output. For the right candidate, there is meaningful scope to help shape design strategy, define KPIs and OKRs, measure impact, and identify future hiring needs.

Responsibilities

• Manage, coach, and develop Product Designers, creating clear expectations, regular feedback, and meaningful opportunities for growth
• Build a strong, collaborative design culture and create conditions for designers to do their best work
• Own and improve design operations, including team rituals, planning, processes, and ways of working
• Supervise design work and maintain a high bar for craft, UX quality, and product thinking across the team
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering leaders to align people, priorities, and delivery
• Help designers navigate complex B2B product problems while balancing user needs, business outcomes, and technical constraints
• Contribute hands-on design work where it adds the most value while remaining primarily focused on management and team effectiveness
• Develop frameworks, processes, and best practices that help the design organization scale
• Help define meaningful design KPIs and OKRs and improve how the team understands and communicates design impact
• Identify capability gaps and contribute to future hiring needs

What We're Looking For

• Experienced Product Design leader with proven people-management experience in a high-quality product organization
• Track record managing and developing Product Designers through coaching, feedback, performance conversations, and career development
• Strong understanding of end-to-end Product Design with enough hands-on craft expertise to review work, challenge thinking, and raise the quality bar
• Comfort working on complex B2B software and partnering closely with Product Managers and Engineers
• Excellent communication skills with ability to create alignment across Design, Product, and Engineering
• Strong operational mindset with enjoyment of improving processes, team rituals, and organizational effectiveness
• Ability to balance people leadership and delivery with longer-term design strategy
• Proactive and autonomous approach—you identify opportunities to improve the organization rather than simply maintaining existing processes
• Interest in measuring design effectiveness and connecting design work to meaningful product and business outcomes

How We Work with You

Candidates apply directly through Get A Job.ai. Our talent team will conduct an initial screening to understand your background and fit for the role. If there's a strong match, we will submit your profile to our client for consideration. Please do not attempt to contact the client directly, as all communication should flow through Get A Job.ai to ensure a coordinated process.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process based on experience and qualifications.

Equal Opportunity: Get A Job.ai is committed to inclusive hiring practices. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and work to ensure fair consideration throughout our recruitment process.