Senior Design Manager (Infrastructure)

About the role

The Senior Design Manager will lead the Infrastructure Design team to create tools for developers and cloud engineers. This role involves coaching designers, managing project roadmaps, and collaborating with engineering stakeholders to deliver high-quality, secure software experiences. The manager will drive operational improvements and ensure the team meets its strategic goals.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing the work of your design team for quality
• Working with individual designers to support their professional growth
• Continuously improving operational workflows, including production outsourcing and collaboration with Web Engineering
• Working with stakeholders, especially the Engineering organization, to clearly define and validate outcomes
• Evolving design systems and guidelines to drive consistent quality and improve efficiency
• Coordinating with the rest of design leadership to mature our collective practice
• Bringing your team and others together to share their work and strengthen culture
• Engaging the open source community to learn and make the value of our work legible

Required skills

• UX design
• Team management
• Technical stakeholder management
• Design systems
• Project delivery

Nice to have

• Quantitative optimisation
• Open source community engagement

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating outstanding quality in UX design
• Educational achievements in design or related behavioral science discipline

Benefits

• Personal learning and development budget
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Travel to company sprints
• Priority Pass for travel

About the Company

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that publishes Ubuntu, a leading platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, operating as a remote-first organization since 2004.