Product Design Manager

Olly Olly • Austin, TX

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About The Position

Most design roles at a company our size are execution roles dressed up as leadership roles. This one isn't. We're looking for a Product Design Manager who wants to own something — the visual language, the product experience, the design culture, and the standard of craft that defines how Olly Olly shows up for clients and in the market. You'll lead a team of three, partner directly with our CPO and Head of Marketing, and have a real seat at the table in how this product grows. This is a player-coach role. You'll lead and you'll do. The best candidates will be energized by both.

Requirements

• 10+ years of design experience with at least 3 years in a leadership role
• An exceptional eye — your taste is immediately evident in your portfolio, your feedback, and the standards you hold your team to.
• Strong portfolio spanning both product design (UX/UI, systems, user flows) and brand or marketing design
• Deep experience leading UX research, usability testing, and translating insights into real product improvements
• Proven ability to build and maintain design systems that scale with a growing product
• A track record of shipping polished, user-centered experiences — not just beautiful mockups, but thoughtful flows that actually work in the real world
• Experience leading and mentoring small, high-output teams
• Fluency in Figma and modern design tooling
• A clear point of view and the confidence to defend it — someone who can advocate for design as a strategic function, not just a delivery layer
• Comfortable in a fast-moving, growth-stage environment where priorities shift and speed matters

Nice To Haves

• Experience designing for SMB audiences
• Background in SaaS or digital marketing platforms
• Familiarity with agency or marketing-facing web design contexts
• Exposure to motion design, interaction design, or mobile-first experience

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end design system and visual language across product and brand
• Own in-app UX/UI for our core platform, used daily by thousands of SMB clients across the country
• Own external-facing design including our website, digital collateral, and marketing assets
• Manage day-to-day leadership of a three-person team: two product designers focused on the app, and one web and marketing-focused designer handling client-facing creative
• Ensure design quality, consistency, and velocity across all workstreams
• Partner with our CPO to translate product strategy into thoughtful, well-executed design — not just at the feature level but at the experience level
• Lead UX research and discovery: define user flows, identify friction, and advocate hard for the end user in every product conversation
• Own and evolve a scalable design system that supports rapid development without sacrificing quality
• Drive wireframing, prototyping, and iteration in close collaboration with engineering and product
• Establish design QA standards so what ships matches what was designed
• Use data, customer feedback, and usability insights to continuously raise the bar on the product experience
• Contribute to roadmap conversations as the voice of design — not just executing on decisions, but helping shape them

Benefits

• Design is not an afterthought here. It's central to how we deliver value and how we compete.
• We're investing in getting it right, which is why this role exists.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed