Senior Manager, Product Design

2 Months ago • All levels • Product Design

Job Summary

Job Description

The Senior Manager of Product Design will lead a team of product designers to create user-friendly experiences for developers and security teams. The role involves driving the evolution of Snyk's brand, collaborating with product and engineering teams, and leading UX research initiatives. The Senior Manager will also be responsible for presenting design concepts to senior leaders, building design systems, and guiding the team to solve complex problems. The goal is to empower developers and security professionals to build secure applications using the Snyk platform. The responsibilities include managing the design team, developing a product design strategy, partnering with product management, and evangelizing design consistency.
Must have:
  • 8+ years of UX design experience with 3+ years in leadership
  • Experience developing and managing design teams
  • Strong communication skills and ability to present to executives
  • Experience with Design tools such as Figma or similar
  • Proficiency in translating usability research, customer feedback
Good to have:
  • Exposure to working with complex engineering & product teams
  • Formal education in Human Factors, Human-Computer Interaction
  • Hands-on, curious and love to explore new domains and technologies
Perks:
  • Flexible working hours, work-from home allowances
  • Generous vacation and wellness time off
  • Health benefits, employee assistance plans
  • Country-specific life insurance, disability benefits

Job Details

Every day, the world gets more digital thanks to tens of millions of developers building the future faster than ever. But with exponential growth comes exponential risk, as outnumbered security teams struggle to secure mountains of code. This is where Snyk (pronounced “sneak”) comes in. Snyk is a developer security platform that makes it easy for development teams to find, prioritize, and fix security vulnerabilities in code, dependencies, containers, and cloud infrastructure — and do it all right from the start. Snyk is on a mission to make the world a more secure place by empowering developers to develop fast and stay secure.

 

 

Joining Snyk means embracing our core values: One Team, Care Deeply, Customer Centric, and Forward Thinking. As a member of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to thrive in a dynamic environment where fostering collaboration, leading with empathy, driving business impact, and inspiring trust are at the heart of everything we do.

Our Opportunity

We're seeking a Senior Manager of Product Design to drive the evolution of a compelling and user-friendly experience that resonates with both developers and security teams. You will champion the consistency and impact of the existing Snyk brand across our product.

In this role, you will lead a team of product designers who collaborate closely with product and engineering to create, test, and implement highly usable experiences that our users love. You will also partner extensively with leadership and cross-functional field teams on customer UX research initiatives, including leading design workshops and focus groups to gather valuable insights.

As the Senior Manager of Product Design, you will play a pivotal role in achieving Snyk’s mission of empowering software developers and security professionals to build secure applications using the Snyk platform.

You’ll Spend Your Time:

  • You will lead and manage a team of talented product designers working across Snyk’s products developing intuitive experiences across Web, IDE, CLI and API interfaces.
  • Champion UX Design and your team’s impact across organization and develop a product design strategy including latest UX trends, competitive analysis and customer usage  journey mapping
  • You will deeply partner with Product Management and GTM teams to understand customer needs and be the voice of our customer internally. 
  • Present Design Concepts and ideas to Senior Leaders throughout the company
  • Work collaboratively across multiple teams within Snyk to evangelize consistency and resolve design discrepancies using design patterns.
  • Build flexible design systems that enhance our ability to design more efficiently and consistently
  • You will guide your team to solve complex problems and deliver delightful experiences

What You’ll Need:

  • 8+ years of UX design experience with 3+ years in leadership positions 
  • Experience developing and managing design teams and design work for complex SaaS product portfolio
  • Strong communication skills and ability to present to executives
  • Experience with Design tools such as Figma or similar
  • Proficiency in translating usability research, customer feedback and business requirements into consistent product experiences
  • Agile, fast paced and iterative development experience

We’d be Lucky if You: 

  • Have exposure to working with complex engineering & product teams within a dev-tooling or cybersecurity environments
  • Formal education in Human Factors, Human-Computer Interaction or similar 
  • Are hands-on, curious and love to explore new domains and technologies like Gen AI and a critical thinker prepared to challenge the status quo

#LI-ZS1

We care deeply about the warm, inclusive environment we’ve created and we value diversity – we welcome applications from those typically underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this role but are not totally sure whether you’re the right person, do apply anyway!

 

About Snyk

Snyk is committed to creating an inclusive and engaging environment where our employees can thrive as we rally behind our common mission to make the digital world a safer place. From Snyk employee resource groups, to global benefits that help our employees prioritize their health, wellness, financial security, and a work/life blend, we aim to support our employees along their entire journeys here at Snyk.

Benefits & Programs

Prioritize health, wellness, financial security, and life balance with programs tailored to your location and role.

  • Flexible working hours, work-from home allowances, in-office perks, and time off for learning and self development
  • Generous vacation and wellness time off, country-specific holidays, and 100% paid parental leave for all caregivers
  • Health benefits, employee assistance plans, and annual wellness allowance
  • Country-specific life insurance, disability benefits, and retirement/pension programs, plus mobile phone and education allowances

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Founded in London and Tel Aviv in 2015, we’ve grown to a united global team of more than 1000+ employees. No matter where we are in the world, we operate as one team and work together to shape the future of application security. We take immense pride in the diversity of our people, cultures, and experiences. Every team member at Snyk contributes to our vision for a more secure digital world. By combining developer-first tooling and deep cybersecurity intelligence, we deliver solutions that help any developer build securely without slowing down productivity.

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