Route

Senior Manager, Design

Route

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $190,000 - $202,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Own and lead Product Design (UX/UI) across Route’s core experiences, from discovery through high-fidelity execution
  • Establish and evolve Design Systems & Operations to ensure consistency, scalability, and velocity
  • Guide User Research & Insights, ensuring design decisions are grounded in real user needs and data
  • Provide creative direction and oversight for Brand & Marketing Design to maintain visual cohesion across external touchpoints
  • Act as a player-coach, contributing directly to design work while mentoring and growing our Staff Designer
  • Partner closely with Product and Engineering to streamline ways of working and improve cross-functional collaboration
  • Champion a culture of team over ego, clarity, and high design standards across the organization.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of design experience with significant ownership over Product Design (UX/UI) in complex digital products
  • Strong systems thinker with experience building or evolving design systems and operational practices
  • Experience leveraging user research and insights to inform product strategy and design outcomes
  • Ability to oversee and align brand and marketing design without losing focus on product excellence
  • Proven experience as a player-coach—comfortable leading, mentoring, and executing hands-on design work
  • Deep collaboration skills with Product and Engineering, including influencing roadmap and prioritization decisions
  • A mindset rooted in humility, ownership, and team over ego, with a bias toward action and clarity.
Benefits
  • We offer to pay 95% - 100% of your health insurance premiums for you and your family
  • Remote or hybrid work arrangements
  • Unlimited PTO
  • 401k matching
  • Formalized growth opportunities
  • Learning & development
  • DEI programs & events
  • And so much more.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
Product DesignUX DesignUI DesignDesign SystemsUser ResearchBrand DesignMarketing DesignHigh-fidelity executionOperational practicesCross-functional collaboration
Soft Skills
MentoringLeadershipCollaborationTeamworkClarityHumilityOwnershipCreativityInfluencingBias toward action