Senior Design Manager

About Chargebee:Chargebee is a subscription billing and revenue management platform powering some of the fastest-growing brands around the world today, including Calendly, Hopin, Pret-a-Manger, Freshworks, Okta, Study.com, and others. Thousands of SaaS and subscription-first businesses process over billions of dollars in revenue every year through the Chargebee platform. Headquartered in San Francisco, USA, our 500+ team members work remotely worldwide, including India, the Netherlands, Paris, Spain, Australia, and the USA. Chargebee has raised over $480 million in capital and is funded by Accel, Tiger Global, Insight Partners, Steadview Capital, and Sapphire Ventures. And we're on a mission to push the boundaries of subscription revenue operations. Not just ours but every customer and prospective business on a recurring revenue model. The Senior Manager / Design Director is the north star of a critical segment of the design team, guiding, inspiring, and aligning efforts towards delivering outstanding user experiences while keeping a keen eye on business objectives. Combining a profound knowledge of design craftsmanship with strategic business insights, they play a pivotal role in elevating the design's impact across the organisation. With their leadership, the design transcends aesthetics and becomes a vital business driver.Responsibilities & Considerations:Strategic Design Vision & Alignment: Set a forward-thinking design strategy aligned with business goals, ensuring design remains a key differentiator and value driver.Team Collaboration & Alignment: Ensure that Design Leads collaborate effectively, focusing on consistent, superior outcomes across all products and experiences.Design Excellence Reviews: Conduct regular design reviews, offering constructive feedback and showcasing exemplary design to inspire the team and set quality benchmarks.Partner with Senior Leadership: Collaborate closely with Senior Design, Product, and Engineering leaders to ensure the design's voice is prominently featured in strategic decisions.Efficiency & Effectiveness: Work in tandem with Design Leads to streamline processes, ensuring that the design team operates efficiently without compromising on output qualityMentorship & Growth: Foster professional development within the team, ensuring that designers, leads, and managers continually refine their skills and expand their horizons.Business Acumen & Advocacy: Understand the intricacies of the business and advocate for the pivotal role design can play in achieving business objectives.Tech Nuances & Adaptation: Grasp the subtleties of technology, ensure design decisions consider tech constraints and possibilities, and promote a culture of embracing technological change.Facilitation & Communication: Lead workshops, meetings, and discussions, ensuring clarity, consensus, and alignment among stakeholders and the design teamCourageous Leadership: Challenge norms and existing solutions confidently, providing constructive criticism and pushing boundaries, but do so with empathy and a deep understanding of team dynamics.The Senior Manager/Design Director is more than just a design expert; they're a visionary leader, a strategic thinker, and an empathetic mentor. With their guidance, the design team doesn't just follow trends but sets them, ensuring that design remains at the forefront of innovation and business growth. They uphold the philosophy that good design is good business and work relentlessly to make that belief a reality within the organisation.What makes us who we are:We are Globally Local: With a diverse team across four continents, and customers in over 60 countries, you get to work closely with a global perspective right from your own neighborhood.We value Curiosity: We believe the next great idea might just be around the corner. Perhaps it's that random thought you had ten minutes ago. We believe in creating an ecosystem that fosters a desire to seek out hard questions, figure out answers to them, and foster a continuous learning environment.Customer! Customer! Customer!: Everything we do is driven towards enabling our customers' growth. This means no matter what you do, you will always be adding real value to a real business problem. It's a lot of responsibility, but also a lot of fun.If you resonate with Chargebee, have a monstrous appetite for curiosity, and an insatiable urge to learn and build new things, we're waiting for you!We value people from all backgrounds and are dedicated to hiring and employing a diverse and inclusive workplace.Come be a part of the Chargebee tribe! PRB