Senior Manager, Product Design (f/m/d)
Core
Lead a team of product designers to shape foundational product areas (content performance, application platform, business foundations, design systems) for Contentful's composable content platform, integrating AI-native features.
Role type
Senior Manager, Product Design (People Management & Strategy)
Builds
Contentful's core platform capabilities including design systems (Forma 36), AI-powered customer-facing features, and enterprise workflow tools.
Domain
B2B SaaS / Composable Content Platform / AI
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Product design leadership, team management (3+ years), strategic partnership with product/engineering, design systems ownership, distributed team management, AI-native product design, systems thinking, coaching/mentoring
Preferred skills
Experience at B2B SaaS/platform companies, familiarity with Forma 36, experience shaping organization-wide design practices
Technologies
Forma 36, AI tools
Responsibilities
Manage designers across optimization, application foundations, and business foundations teams; partner with leadership on strategy and roadmap; define AI-native design leadership; coach designers on career growth; uphold high standards for design craft.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with people management
