Product Design Manager

Responsibilities

• Elevate our craft: Foster a culture of high craft, thoughtful critique, and user empathy, maintaining a high bar for product thinking, interaction and visual design.
• Drive design strategy: Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to define product direction, translate ambiguous problems into clear design opportunities, and deliver cohesive experiences.
• AI experience guidance: Guide designers in ensuring AI features are transparent, trustworthy, and explainable, leveraging best in class design patterns for the dynamically evolving AI space.
• User advocacy: Guide the team to translate complex legal workflows and technical constraints into seamless user experiences, serving as the advocate for the user in high-stakes technical discussions.
• Strategic impact: Make strategic design decisions that align with and deliver impact on Everlaw's goals.
• Guide team excellence: Manage, coach, and grow a team of product designers, supporting career development through clear feedback, mentorship, and personalized growth plans.
• Set clear expectations: Create clarity around expectations, roles, and impact, helping designers understand how their work connects to the broader company vision.
• Scale the team: Participate in hiring and refining our design operations.
• Reinforce accountability: Ensure strong performance and behavioral alignment across the team.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of product design experience, with at least 2 years of experience managing teams.
• BA/BS degree in graphic design, design communication, human-computer interaction, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• A strong track record of shipping complex, high-impact products in collaboration with Product and Engineering.
• Experience designing for sophisticated users and workflows (e.g., enterprise, B2B SaaS, data-heavy, or regulated domains).
• Process-driven and can communicate complex concepts to drive the team towards a shared vision.
• Strong product thinking, interaction and visual design chops.
• Excellent communication skills to influence, align, and inspire across functions.
• Comfort working in ambiguity and helping teams navigate it with clarity and purpose.

Compensation

• Expected salary range: $192,000 - $243,000 (final offer dependent on experience and skills)
• Participation in equity program
• 401(k) with company matching
• Health, dental, vision insurance
• HSAs and FSAs
• Company-sponsored life and disability insurance
• Paid parental leave and sick leave
• 17 paid vacation days plus 11 federal holidays
• Generous L&D stipend