• Application Deadline:
• Position: Senior Manager - Product Design



• Job Type Full Time , Hybrid



• Qualification BA/BSc/HND



• Experience



• Location Lagos




• Job Field Product Management 
  
  

How You'll Make an Impact

• We are seeking a visionary and systems-oriented Senior Manager – Product Design to establish and scale design as a strategic capability across our product portfolio. This role will define and drive the long-term design vision across our software platforms.


• You will shape the evolution of our design language, user experience strategy, and research practice, ensuring our products meet the standards of leading global software companies while supporting mission-critical infrastructure environments.


• You will institutionalize user-centered design principles, elevate interaction and visual quality, and build scalable design systems that deliver clarity, usability, and consistency across complex, data-intensive product ecosystems.

What You'll Do

Design Vision & Strategy

• Define and articulate a multi-year product design strategy


• Embed design thinking into strategic planning and product roadmap development


• Champion user-centered decision-making at leadership level

Enterprise UX & Systems Design

• Lead the design of complex and data-intensive systems


• Translate highly technical workflows into intuitive, efficient, and scalable user experiences


• Define and govern accessibility, inclusivity, and usability standards


• Own and evolve an enterprise-grade design system ensuring consistency across products and interfaces


• Establish governance, documentation, and reusable component standards


• Partner closely with the Engineering team to ensure high design-to-code fidelity

Research, Metrics & Cross-Functional Impact

• Institutionalize structured research practices, including usability testing, field studies, and behavioral analytics


• Define and track UX performance metrics and measurable success indicators


• Drive data-informed iteration and continuous product experience optimization


• Create strong feedback loops between Product Management, Engineering, and Commercial teams


• Ensure design decisions balance user value, commercial objectives, and operational constraints

Managerial Responsibilities

• Define and own the annual operating plan for the function, including workforce and financial planning


• Manage and optimize departmental budgets


• Make strategic resource allocation decisions


• Build, scale, and structure teams to support long-term capability development


• Establish performance frameworks, succession planning, and leadership development pathways


• Ensure governance, risk management, and operational maturity across the function


• Drive the creation of standardized, scalable systems that enable consistent execution across regions

What We're Looking For

Professional & Technical Strengths

• Product design experience within SaaS, enterprise software, or complex technology environments


• Demonstrated experience defining and scaling enterprise-grade design systems across multiple products


• Strong portfolio reflecting systems thinking, complex workflow design, and large-scale platform architecture


• Experience designing data-intensive dashboards, operational tools, or mission-critical enterprise platforms


• Deep expertise in UX research methodologies and the ability to institutionalize research practices across teams


• Proven ability to connect design strategy to measurable business outcomes (adoption, retention, revenue growth)

Leadership & Interpersonal Strengths

• Ability to collaborate with multicultural and geographically distributed teams


• High degree of autonomy and accountability (we operate within a hybrid work environment)


• Ability to collaborate with multicultural and geographically distributed teams


• High degree of autonomy and accountability (we operate within a hybrid work environment)


• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and align cross-functional leadership around a shared product vision


• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to translate user experience investments into business value


• Strategic thinker capable of navigating ambiguity and driving clarity across complex product ecosystems


• High ownership mindset with accountability for long-term design quality and organizational maturity


• Executive-level communication skills, comfortable presenting to leadership and external stakeholders