Senior Manager Product Design

Job title : Senior Manager Product Design Job Location : Lagos Deadline : April 12, 2026 Quick Recommended Links

How You'll Make an Impact • We are seeking a visionary and systems-oriented Senior Manager Product Design to establish and scale design as a strategic capability across our product portfolio. This role will define and drive the long-term design vision across our software platforms. • You will shape the evolution of our design language, user experience strategy, and research practice, ensuring our products meet the standards of leading global software companies while supporting mission-critical infrastructure environments. • You will institutionalize user-centered design principles, elevate interaction and visual quality, and build scalable design systems that deliver clarity, usability, and consistency across complex, data-intensive product ecosystems.

What You'll Do Design Vision & Strategy: • Define and articulate a multi-year product design strategy • Embed design thinking into strategic planning and product roadmap development • Champion user-centered decision-making at leadership level

Enterprise UX & Systems Design: • Lead the design of complex and data-intensive systems • Translate highly technical workflows into intuitive, efficient, and scalable user experiences • Define and govern accessibility, inclusivity, and usability standards • Own and evolve an enterprise-grade design system ensuring consistency across products and interfaces • Establish governance, documentation, and reusable component standards • Partner closely with the Engineering team to ensure high design-to-code fidelity

Research, Metrics & Cross-Functional Impact: • Institutionalize structured research practices, including usability testing, field studies, and behavioral analytics • Define and track UX performance metrics and measurable success indicators • Drive data-informed iteration and continuous product experience optimization • Create strong feedback loops between Product Management, Engineering, and Commercial teams • Ensure design decisions balance user value, commercial objectives, and operational constraints

Managerial Responsibilities: • Define and own the annual operating plan for the function, including workforce and financial planning • Manage and optimize departmental budgets • Make strategic resource allocation decisions • Build, scale, and structure teams to support long-term capability development • Establish performance frameworks, succession planning, and leadership development pathways • Ensure governance, risk management, and operational maturity across the function • Drive the creation of standardized, scalable systems that enable consistent execution across regions

What We're Looking For Professional & Technical Strengths: • Product design experience within SaaS, enterprise software, or complex technology environments • Demonstrated experience defining and scaling enterprise-grade design systems across multiple products • Strong portfolio reflecting systems thinking, complex workflow design, and large-scale platform architecture • Experience designing data-intensive dashboards, operational tools, or mission-critical enterprise platforms • Deep expertise in UX research methodologies and the ability to institutionalize research practices across teams • Proven ability to connect design strategy to measurable business outcomes (adoption, retention, revenue growth)

Leadership & Interpersonal Strengths: • Ability to collaborate with multicultural and geographically distributed teams • High degree of autonomy and accountability (we operate within a hybrid work environment) • Ability to collaborate with multicultural and geographically distributed teams • High degree of autonomy and accountability (we operate within a hybrid work environment) • Ability to influence senior stakeholders and align cross-functional leadership around a shared product vision • Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to translate user experience investments into business value • Strategic thinker capable of navigating ambiguity and driving clarity across complex product ecosystems • High ownership mindset with accountability for long-term design quality and organizational maturity • Executive-level communication skills, comfortable presenting to leadership and external stakeholders

Nice to Have: • Experience in infrastructure, energy, and fintech industries • Experience working in emerging markets • Exposure to AI-driven or data-driven product environments • Proficiency in French