Product Design Manager

PlayPlay is the video creation platform that enables marketing and communication teams to turn any message into a memorable video.Since 2017, PlayPlay has been growing exponentially:2500+ large and mid-sized companies across the globe (including two-thirds of the CAC40)230+ employees in Paris, New York and Berlin;65 M$ raised (series A and B);Member of the French Tech 120 and recently ranked #26 in the Top100 rising B2B Scale-up in Europe by Sifted!PlayPlay is the company for you if you want to:Join a hyper-growth scale-up that allows you to invest in multiple projects and benefit from rapid evolution opportunities.Work on a product loved by our customers (68+ NPS) and in constant improvement.Learn from great colleagues in a positive work environment that thrives on ambition, drive, humility, transparency, and teamwork (our 4.6/5 rating on Glassdoor is proof of that!).Enjoy activities organized by the Happiness team (Music Quizzes, concerts, seminars, etc.).Work in a hybrid model remote/office and have additional four weeks of full-remote per year (overseas is allowed in any country with a time difference of 3 hours or less).We are backed by investors such as Insight Partners (HubSpot, Twitter), Balderton (Revolut, Aircall) and Point9 (Loom, Zendesk) who are helping us become the global leader in video creation. And to achieve this, we are looking for the best talent in the market!Design sits at the center of our Product organization, mission and purpose. Designers are expected to actively contribute all the way from defining the problem space, to research, testing and shipping. We are seeking our first Product Design Manager to manage, coach and lead a team of 3 product designers.We are looking for someone with a strong strategic and creative mindset who has extensive experience working in a complex B2B product environment. This role reports to the VP of Product.You’ll report to Pauline Marol, VP of Product.MISSIONSLeadership and Team Management:Manage: Oversee a team of three product designers. As an excellent product designer yourself, you will provide guidance and feedback to your direct reports to amplify their impact.Lead: Build a product design culture and lead the team on a day-to-day basis (weekly syncs, design reviews, etc.).Team Collaboration: Foster a collaborative team culture that encourages creativity and innovation. Help your team balance speed, quality, and design consistency, always focusing on customer impact and business goals.Design Strategy and Vision:Design Vision: Define and articulate the design vision for our products, ensuring a cohesive and engaging user experience.Trend Analysis: Stay updated with industry trends, competitor products, and user feedback (both qualitative and quantitative) to inform design decisions.Product Design and Development:User-Centered Design: Champion user-centered design principles, ensuring that all products are intuitive, accessible, and visually appealing.Design Process: Shape and establish design processes and operations. By driving design best practices, you'll enable greater impact and efficiency across the team. You’ll be responsible for the development of our design system.Collaboration: Identify strategic design opportunities that will help our users create more engaging videos and drive these forward with your product and engineering peers.Design Standards: Establish and enforce design guidelines and standards to maintain consistency across all products.REQUIREMENTSYou have at least 10 years of experience in product design and a strong experience in leading product design teams.You know how to work on complex problems in rich interfaces and create simple, easy, and memorable experiences.You know how to adapt methodologies depending on context. Have an excellent eye for design and are capable of creating both low-fi sketches and pixel-perfect visual designs to assist the team with ideas and creative inputs.You have a collaborative approach.ABOUT YOUYou have experience working closely with other Designers, Engineers and Product Managers.You value feedback and brainstorming ideas.You are comfortable communicating future design directions with senior stakeholders, including founders and inspiring positive action within your team.You speak English fluently, including in public (in the product team we work in French but all company communications are in English).If you want to learn more about usFind more about the product team here.OUR VALUESCreative: We don't do things the same way as others and we like that. It's that madness that gives everyone the freedom to innovate and follow through with their ideas.User-first: Our customers are at the heart of everything we do because a product is nothing without its users and it is with its users that a product grows.United: What motivates us is to succeed together. We are specialists in cross-team projects: it is by sharing our expertise and supporting each other that we achieve our goals.Ambitious: We are not afraid to move fast and take risks. If plan A doesn't work, there are still all the letters in the alphabet. We learn from our experiences and adapt.Committed: We take ownership of our projects, with responsibility. We are demanding of others but above all, we give our best.DIVERSITY & INCLUSIONAt PlayPlay, we're committed to fostering an environment where diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Our goal is to attract and build a diverse, equal and inclusive team, where everyone feels welcome.As an equal opportunities employer we make sure the application process and our workplace is for everyone. #J-18808-Ljbffr