Product Design, Manager

Anthropic•Seattle, WA

4h•$385,000 - $460,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Design at Anthropic sits at the intersection of craft, research, and product intuition. We're a small team working on products that millions of people use daily—and on interactions that don't have established conventions yet. Our work shapes how people experience AI: whether Claude feels like a tool or a collaborator, whether it earns trust or erodes it. We partner closely with engineers and researchers, often designing around capabilities that are emerging in real-time. That means staying close to the models, prototyping rapidly, and being comfortable with ambiguity. We care deeply about craft—the details that make something feel polished and trustworthy—but we ship fast and learn in the open. We'd rather get something in front of users and iterate than wait for perfection. This role is a mix of team leadership and hands-on design execution. As a designer, we're looking for someone who ships fast and stays in motion—you'd rather get something in front of users this week than perfect it for a month. You're excited to question fundamental UI assumptions and invent patterns that feel native to AI, you're already using tools like Claude Code to extend what you can build, and you pay attention to where model capabilities are heading, not just what Claude can do today—all while keeping care for the pixels, the copy, and the edge cases. As a leader, you develop talent: you've mentored designers and helped them grow their skills, confidence, and impact, and you give clear, actionable feedback. You build alignment without authority, influencing cross-functional partners through strong communication and collaborative problem-solving rather than hierarchy. You know when to roll up your sleeves and when to empower your team—modeling the quality bar while creating opportunities for others to lead. You think systematically, establishing reusable frameworks that help the team work more effectively, and you advocate strategically, representing design in leadership discussions and helping shape product direction rather than just executing on it.

Requirements

Experience managing or leading product designers, including coaching, feedback, and career development
Experience designing and shipping digital products end-to-end
A portfolio demonstrating user-centered design thinking and polished UI craftsmanship
Proficiency with modern design and prototyping tools, such as Figma

Nice To Haves

8+ years of product design experience, with 2+ years in a lead or management role
Proven track record of executing end-to-end on large and complex products, or a series of products, in ambiguous environments
Experience prototyping with front-end code (e.g., HTML/CSS/JS)
Experience using AI tools such as Claude Code as a creative partner in your own design practice
Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams and influence without authority
Passion for crafting scaled, highly impactful, safe and beneficial artificial intelligence technologies to enable new possibilities

Responsibilities

Manage and mentor 2-6+ product designers, providing regular coaching, feedback, and career development support
Establish and maintain design quality standards across your team's work
Coordinate cross-team design efforts, ensuring consistency and alignment across related product areas
Partner with engineering and product leadership to define team roadmaps and prioritize design resources
Advocate for design within the broader organization and help shape product strategy
Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and building design team culture
Help define and evolve design processes, tools, and ways of working
Contribute to the strategic direction of our tools, rooted in deep user empathy
Define feature areas with exceptional attention to detail and polish, identifying opportunities to improve quality and consistency of broader flows
Craft beautiful, polished, and delightful user interfaces that build trust and showcase the power of our AI technology
Collaborate with product managers, engineers, AI researchers and other stakeholders to define product vision, strategy and roadmaps
Rapidly prototype ideas using code and other methods to communicate concepts and build excitement
Find creative ways to ship high-quality work in a fast-paced, often ambiguous, resource-constrained startup environment