We are TravelPerk: a scaling unicorn valued at $1.3 billion that has raised over $400m since our creation in 2015. Backed by world-class investors with portfolios including AirBnb, Stripe, Slack, Trello, Gusto, Twitter, Farfetch, and Deliveroo, our team is made up of A-players from across the travel and technology industries. Over the past few years, we've been named the fastest-growing SaaS startup in the world by SaaS1000 and featured as one of the hottest startups to watch by both Forbes and Wired. We're revolutionizing the B2B corporate travel market—worth over $1.3 trillion—to connect people in real life in an enjoyable and sustainable way. TravelPerk are innovators.
During the last year we have welcomed and acquired the likes of Click Travel, NexTravel, and Albatross to the team. From TravelCare to FlexiPerk and of course GreenPerk, we are shaping the future of the industry. Our team continues to emerge stronger and stronger as we adjust to the new normal—and that's where you come in! If you're ready to take off with us, keep reading!
Product Design Managers at TravelPerk directly support Product Designers in delivering the best work they can while also working on high impact strategic design projects. As a Product Design Manager, you'll be overseeing the design and implementation of various feature upgrades for our growing platform. You'll team up with Principal Product Managers and Engineering Tribe leads to always keep scope and priorities clear and to advocate for design and the customer within your Tribe and area of ownership.
You will help develop the product strategy for a specific Tribe and fine-tune its design approach, while also guiding our product design teams to execute end-to-end user experiences and take a meaningful part in multidisciplinary teams as the design expert. This role will be reporting to the Senior Product Design Manager and will be part of the Design Leadership team, shaping how we scale and improve while we grow in size.
What you'll doYou will directly line manage a small team of product designers, being responsible for their personal and professional development.Own the design direction of a Tribe, making sure Product Design is contributing to the strategic goals of the group.Contribute to company strategy, identifying ways in which Design can be used to reach our quarterly goals for the Tribe you own.Develop partnerships with Product Managers, Engineering Leads, and the Leadership team to help elevate the voice of Design and advocate for the user within TravelPerk.Collaborate with the wider Product Design team to align the experience, making sure journeys and design patterns across our tools are coherent and consistent.Continuously optimise the design operations across the Product Design team, looking after the processes, frameworks, and rituals that will make this team a world-class one.Influence and support the growth of the team through hiring, networking, and sourcing future team members. What you'll need8+ years of experience designing complex systems.Demonstrated experience leading design teams, mentoring designers, and helping them progress.Excellent collaboration skills and ability to constructively direct and inspire action within your team. You can successfully push a team to improve the quality of the work they ship.Solid communication skills (verbal and written). You are comfortable presenting ideas to multiple stakeholders and articulately defending design decisions.Special talent for breaking down complexity and creating context for others.Ability to influence product roadmaps working alongside Product Managers and Engineers.Experience educating, partnering with, building with, and influencing product teams.Experience working in high-growth product companies with an international footprint.Strong senior level individual contributor that can jump on hands-on work whenever needed. Why you'll love our teamWe are a team of 15 talented product designers, content designers, and researchers. We like to think of ourselves as high-achievers, goal-oriented, eager to learn and grow. We foster efficiency through autonomy and creativity through collaboration.Working in the Product Design team will ensure high-quality design, strategic impact in the product and next-level GIFs.In the Product Design team, you will find a strong culture of ownership, impact-over-effort, and lending support to each other; there are no egos and transparency is highly valued.We are a heterogeneous team with multiple nationalities and backgrounds, pushing for getting better, having fun, and always asking why (of course).In the next 12 months, we have the challenge to grow our team to almost double its current size, supporting every squad while also scaling our Content and Research functions.We can help with relocation from anywhere in the world, English is the official language at the office.
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