Design Operations Manager
Core
Design Operations Manager structures the design organization, sets operating rhythms, and leads cross-functional initiatives to free designers for product work.
Role type
Senior Design Operations Manager
Builds
Design org structure, hiring processes, planning cadences, and cross-team programs
Domain
Legal technology / AI-native workspace
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Org structure design, hiring process ownership, planning cadence management, cross-functional program leadership, systems thinking, tradeoff communication
Preferred skills
Line management experience, AI-native/agentic workflows adoption
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Maintain accurate org maps and flag structural gaps, own end-to-end design hiring and onboarding, establish stable planning cadences and OKR alignment, drive cross-team programs to shipped outcomes, update documentation for agentic workflows, enforce quality bars and track speed/quality tradeoffs
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
