Senior Product Design Manager, Android

Etsy•New York, NY

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

As the Senior Product Design Manager for Android, you will lead the design strategy and execution for Etsy’s native mobile experiences. This team shapes how buyers discover, evaluate, and purchase unique items every day — making the shopping journey intuitive, cohesive, and high-performing within the Etsy app. You’ll guide a team responsible for delivering a consistent, high-quality buyer experience while navigating platform capabilities, evolving mobile architecture, and scalable design systems. This role requires strong product thinking, systems awareness, and the ability to bring clarity to complex and ambiguous problem spaces as we continue refining Etsy’s core shopping journey. This is a highly collaborative leadership role reporting into Buyer Design leadership and partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Research, Brand, and Design Systems.

Requirements

Experience leading the design of large-scale ecommerce or consumer mobile app experiences from discovery through delivery
Strong systems thinking and experience designing for native app environments
A proven ability to define ambiguous problem spaces and drive evidence-based solutions with measurable outcomes
Experience mentoring and developing designers, setting clear performance expectations, and supporting continuous growth
A strong understanding of accessibility, performance, and scalable design systems in mobile contexts
Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to align senior stakeholders around tradeoffs and long-term vision

Responsibilities

Define and drive initiative-level design strategies across Etsy’s native app experiences, balancing user needs, technical considerations, and business goals to deliver cohesive end-to-end journeys.
Navigate evolving product surfaces and shifting priorities. Frame ambiguous problem spaces into clear opportunities grounded in user insights and business impact.
Coach designers through complex initiatives and product evolution. Foster a high-trust, inclusive environment with clear expectations around quality, accessibility, and craft excellence.
Partner with Brand and Design Systems to ensure experiences are accessible, performant, and scalable across the buyer lifecycle. Drive consistency while enabling innovation.
Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Research leadership to translate constraints and opportunities into actionable design direction and long-term roadmap alignment.
Use qualitative and quantitative insights to improve buyer confidence, conversion, engagement, and overall marketplace performance.