Sr Design Partner (Product Management)

Description

Job Description

Role Title

Reports To

Design Partner (Product Management)

Sr Director | UX team

Function

Location

Cloud Engineering

Bangalore

Mission (Why does this role exist?) and Scope (About the Job)

The Design Partner acts as the pivotal link between Business Units and Design teams. The role drives an experience-forward, User First approach to product development by shaping compelling value propositions and ensuring design excellence. This is a dual role—leading design collaboration while mentoring small/ mid-sized design teams.

Key Responsibilities and Outcomes (What the Person needs to accomplish in the role ?)

• Creative collaboration | Actively engaging with the respective design teams and relevant PLM + Engg team/s for all the creative aspects
• Identify and engage stakeholders across Design, PLM, and Engineering.
• Partner with PLMs to define goals, priorities, and release roadmaps.
• Co-create visioning workshops, define deliverables, and align design planning.
• Design Delivery & stakeholder Management | Manage the qualitative and quantitative aspects of design output to maintain healthy collaborative atmosphere.
• Set context for design teams, break down vision into actionable outcomes.
• Align design deliverables with EPICs, STORIES, and sprints.
• Represent design in reviews, workshops, and leadership presentations.
• Track progress, resolve conflicts, safeguard design integrity, and refine processes.
• Research, innovation, and Strategy design | Building a pipeline for “innovation on tap” with early ideating & experimenting and a focus on IP creation; and new paradigms in interaction design, experiences, media
• Track socio-economic, geopolitical, and tech trends for impact on business.
• Curate insights into new value propositions and IP opportunities.
• Facilitate ideation workshops, develop POVs/POCs, and partner with Engineering for prototyping.
• Present narratives to leadership to influence product strategy.
• Mentoring the design team | Raising the bar
• Review design output quality and provide actionable feedback.
• Guide team skill-building and adoption of new tools, methods, and trends.
• Encourage innovation, IP creation, and professional development.

Qualifications: Education, Competencies (Knowledge, Skills & Behaviour) and Experience

• Minimum Qualifications | Domain
• Bachelor’s/master’s degree in design with 8–10 years in UI/UX across web and mobile, OR Business Management degree with strong & demonstratable track record of closely partnering with design teams.
• Deep understanding of UX principles, design thinking, value proposition creation, and trend analysis.
• Familiarity with business models, performance metrics, and product development processes.
• Minimum Qualifications | Soft skills
• Strong articulation, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to influence, persuade, and advocate for user-centricity.
• Relationship-building with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Preferred Qualifications
• Combination of formal academic qualification of Design and MBA will be a definite plus
• Trained at leading design/business schools.
• Exposure to Energy Management, Renewable Energy, Embedded, or Telecom domains.
• Experience with global teams and diverse workstreams.
• Engagement in patents, publications, seminars, or startup/academic ecosystems.
• Demonstrated aptitude for new skills, tools, and emerging trends.