Product Design Manager - Casino

Hard Rock Digital • United States, FL

12d • Hybrid

About The Position

Hard Rock Digital is building a team focused on becoming the best online sportsbook, casino, and social gaming company in the world. We are seeking a Product Design Manager to join our Casino team. This role is responsible for leading the design and delivery of essential user experiences and workflows for the Casino, including Lobby, tournaments, jackpots, categories, and widgets, to enhance player discovery and engagement. The ideal candidate is a design leader skilled in both strategic oversight and hands-on execution, who will manage a high-performing team of product designers. They will guide the team in creating intuitive, elegant, and accessible mobile-first, native app user experiences that meet high standards and enhance existing features. This position requires a passionate and flexible leader comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment, who excels at cross-functional collaboration, fosters a growth mindset, and maintains high design integrity throughout all design efforts.

Requirements

• 10+ years of product design experience
• 2+ years managing, leading and mentoring designers in a cross-functional product environment
• Experience in online casino, iGaming, or gaming digital entertainment
• Robust portfolio demonstrating past design work and deliverables designing and shipping features in high scale consumer environments, including design leadership approach/impact examples
• Mastery of Figma, and other similar design tools
• Familiarity with AI developments, LLMs, code generation, and generative design tools
• Expertise in UX/UI design principles and methodologies, including visual design, interaction design, information architecture, and prototyping
• Clear, compelling communicator who can drive alignment and momentum across diverse disciplines to articulate design decisions
• Experience working with multiple direct reports supporting their careers, managing their performance, and finding opportunities for growth
• Experience utilizing research and data to inform design decisions
• Strong systems thinking and experience shaping cohesive experiences across multiple touchpoints and product surfaces
• Demonstrated experience in adopting and contributing to a design system, including partnering with engineering
• Knows how to manage multiple priorities, break large projects into manageable pieces and utilize Jira, or similar, to communicate that level of effort
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail ensuring work communicates clearly
• Impeccable execution and care for all aspects of design, from conceptual thinking to motion and visual design
• Experience working in a highly iterative, collaborative environment where people share work daily

Responsibilities

• Optimize casino user flows and drive significant improvements focusing on enhancing usability and player engagement.
• Lead and mentor Casino product designers, fostering a culture of design excellence, collaboration, and continuous professional growth.
• Guide the team through changes and uncertainties while keeping them motivated, aligned, and inspired while effectively managing resources, workloads, and project timelines.
• Lead design planning and execution for complex user journeys, offering hands-on guidance to designers.
• Build a team culture that balances quality craft with delivery pace.
• Facilitate cross-functional workshops and team rituals.
• Participate in hiring, mentoring, and establishing team practices that improve quality and throughput.
• Champion AI adoption on the design team — spot useful AI-assisted workflows and help the team put them into practice.
• Help the team build AI skills to get better design requirements, PRDs, and other documents from AI tools.
• Build strong partnerships with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to shape design strategies that directly achieve business goals.
• Act as a central point of contact across Product and Tech, ensuring clear communication and tracking of project dependencies and milestones.
• Advocate and integrate user research, testing, and data analysis to inform design decisions and champion user needs throughout the product development process.
• Offer clear, actionable feedback and direction to the casino design team, ensuring high-quality output and fostering a culture of continuous improvement through regular design reviews.
• Translate complex business problems into inspiring creative opportunities through storytelling.
• Advocate for and contribute to the design system, ensuring consistent and scalable user experiences across Casino.
• Continuously explore and implement innovative visual and interaction design approaches, setting new standards for quality and player engagement for Casino.
• Provide balanced and thoughtful decision-making, actively participating in the design process, and offering strategic and practical input to ensure exceptional design solutions.
• Define and communicate a cohesive design strategy that aligns with company objectives, ensuring seamless and consistent UX across an interconnected suite of products.

Benefits

• Flexible vacation allowance
• Remote or Hybrid Flexibility: Enjoy the flexibility of remote work, with opportunities for in-person collaboration at our Austin or Florida headquarters at least twice a year, or a hybrid arrangement.
• Innovative Environment: Join a team that thrives on pushing boundaries.
• Growth Opportunities: As we scale, your role will evolve, providing you with unlimited opportunities for personal and professional growth.
• Diverse and Inclusive: Join a team that values diversity, inclusivity, and embraces varied perspectives.
• Backing of a globally recognized brand and enterprise-level resources

What This Job Offers

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