Product Design Manager, Platforms, Plan, and Analytics at Jobgether – Canada Creek, Nova Scotia

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Product Design Manager, Platforms, Plan, and Analytics in Canada.

This is a high-impact design leadership role focused on shaping the user experience of complex, enterprise-scale platform capabilities within a leading DevSecOps environment. You will guide and grow a team of product designers while driving the UX vision for the Plan and Analytics stages, where strategy, collaboration, and AI-driven planning converge. The role blends people leadership with hands-on design direction, ensuring high-quality execution while advancing long-term experience strategy. You will partner closely with product and engineering leaders to define how teams plan, prioritize, and translate ideas into delivery. A key focus will be exploring how AI transforms early-stage software development workflows into more intelligent, connected systems. This is an opportunity to influence foundational product experiences used by millions of users in a highly innovative, remote-first environment.

• Lead and grow a distributed team of product designers, ensuring high-quality UX delivery across the Plan and Analytics domains.
• Define and drive the UX vision and strategy for large-scale enterprise platform experiences.
• Identify and prioritize strategic UX opportunities across product areas, collaborating with other design leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Guide and review design and research work, ensuring consistency, usability, and alignment with product goals.
• Champion user research initiatives spanning multiple product stages to inform strategic product direction.
• Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to influence roadmap prioritization and product decision-making.
• Drive UX quality improvements through initiatives such as UX scorecards, usability enhancements, and defect resolution.
• Hire, mentor, and retain a high-performing, globally distributed design team.

• 8+ years of experience in product design, including leadership or management roles in complex, enterprise-scale environments.
• Proven experience managing remote design teams working on large, technical platforms.
• Strong background in designing AI-enabled or AI-enhanced experiences, ideally within software development lifecycle tools.
• Deep experience working on enterprise SaaS or platform products at scale.
• Ability to define strategic UX direction while also understanding detailed design execution.
• Strong collaboration skills with experience influencing Product Management and Engineering stakeholders.
• Excellent understanding of visual design principles, usability, and accessibility standards.
• Experience driving organizational and product-level change through design leadership.
• Familiarity with modern development tools and workflows (e.g., platform collaboration tools like Git-based systems).
• Strong leadership mindset with the ability to inspire, align, and grow design talent in a fast-paced environment.

• Competitive salary with equity compensation and long-term incentive opportunities.
• Flexible remote-first work environment with global collaboration.
• Generous paid time off and parental leave policies.
• Home office support and setup allowances.
• Professional growth funding for learning, training, and development.
• Employee stock purchase plan and performance-based incentives.
• Inclusive, values-driven culture with strong focus on collaboration and continuous learning.
• Opportunity to shape AI-powered enterprise software experiences at global scale.