Senior Manager, Product Design

The Opportunity...

We are looking for a Product Design Senior Manager to drive forward design excellence and web experiences for Centerfield’s suite of client and consumer brands that reach millions of consumers annually. Our portfolio includes categories like home services, business, savings, and more. Our ideal candidate has expertise in optimizing site usability and developing consistent, cross-channel product design, has translated business goals into design for major brands and can design scalable UX systems.

As a product design leader, you thrive in training design teams on best practices, critical design analysis, user research, and A/B testing to drive and pivot strategy. You have proven success improving engagement, pathing and product navigation and have optimized transactional flows for leads and conversion. You are seasoned in auditing websites for usability and can efficiently launch and iterate design for measurable results.

This is a hybrid position, and employees are expected to work in our Playa Vista, CA HQ office every Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday.

• Lead the evolution of our design systems, ensuring they are structured, documented, and maintained to support scalability, consistency, and our transition to Figma MCP compatibility

• Own and refine design workflows that support multiple working styles while establishing best practices across UX, product design, visual design, user research, and file management.

• Organize, prioritize, and delegate work with strong business understanding—defining timelines, success metrics, review points, and clear expectations for delivery.

• Coach and mentor designers across levels (mid, senior, lead), supporting growth across UX, UI, product, visual design, and user research, while developing strong fundamentals in research rigor, unbiased methods, synthesis, and translating insights into action.

• Define and uphold clear performance standards for each role level, including expectations for craft quality, research integrity, decision-making, and impact.

• Partner with executive stakeholders and Product leadership to define macro-level design strategy and departmental goals, grounding decisions in both qualitative insights and quantitative performance data.

• Translate strategic goals into well-scoped projects and clear design briefs that align teams around user needs, business objectives, and measurable outcomes.

• Foster a team culture rooted in accountability, curiosity, creativity, and continuous learning—where experimentation, validation, and iteration are part of the design process.

• Partner closely with Product Management to align on roadmap priorities, design resourcing, and evolving business needs, adapting plans quickly in response to feedback, data, and new insights.

• Lead the design team in planning, executing, and evaluating A/B tests and experiments, ensuring hypotheses are well-formed and results are clearly understood and acted upon.

• Analyze experimentation results and ongoing performance metrics to inform design direction, identify opportunities, and guide iteration on existing solutions.

• Oversee user research and usability studies, coaching designers on how to frame the right questions, select appropriate methods, minimize bias, and synthesize findings into clear, actionable insights.

• Provide thoughtful, high-quality design critique across all stages of work—from early concepts and wireframes to polished, production-ready solutions—evaluating both craft and the strength of underlying rationale and evidence.

• Synthesize design outcomes and team performance into clear narratives for designers, partners, and leadership, connecting design decisions to user impact and business results.

• Model resilience, adaptability, and sound judgment in a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.

• Set and reinforce clear expectations for performance, professional norms, and accountability across the team.

• Deliver timely, direct, and constructive feedback—addressing risks early while recognizing strong performance and growth.

• Build and maintain a healthy team culture by fostering trust, addressing conflict constructively,…