What are the responsibilities and job description for the Design Manager position at SoTalent?
Job Title : Design Manager
Location : New York, NY
Job Type : Full Time
Our client is seeking a Design Manager to lead a high-performing team and shape innovative solutions across their product ecosystem.
Key Highlights
- Strong product design expertise across interaction, visual, and service design
- Ability to guide use of tools, frameworks, design systems, and methodologies
- Oversight of design artifacts including journeys, blueprints, prototypes, and vision work
- Proven leadership in building inclusive, high-performing design teams
- Experience setting goals, managing stakeholders, and mentoring talent
- Strong strategic thinking to influence product direction and define innovative solutions
- Deep commitment to human-centered design rooted in research and insight
- Business awareness of market trends, user behavior, competition, and product performance
- Advanced problem-solving using technology, data, and emerging tools
- Effective collaboration across product, engineering, and business partners
- Exceptional communication and storytelling to align stakeholders
Basic Qualifications
- 6 years of experience in a Product Design role
- 6 years working with design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma)
- 2 years in a people leadership or team management role
Preferred Qualifications
- 8 years working with Figma or similar tools
- Experience using and contributing to an established design system
- Experience collaborating with product, engineering, and business leadership
- Background leading design initiatives or overseeing design teams