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Design Manager

Garaje De Ideas 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Hybrid Full-time Senior

Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team of approximately 30 Product Design, Content Design, and UX Research professionals, establishing shared design methods, quality standards, and consistent Design System adoption. Align design with product and business strategy, strengthen evidence-based decision-making and stakeholder communication, and track team capabilities and design quality throughout product lifecycles.

Responsibilities

  • Define, implement and evolve common design methodologies and clear quality standards
  • Ensure consistency and adoption of the Design System across all products
  • Support the team in making research‑driven design decisions using data, insights and KPIs
  • Champion the presentation and defense of design proposals to clients and stakeholders
  • Align design outcomes with product vision, business objectives and chapter strategy
  • Identify skill gaps, build a skills matrix and create individual development plans
  • Design and promote training initiatives on product mindset, strategy, data literacy and AI
  • Measure and track design competency and quality throughout product lifecycles
  • Collaborate closely with the Service Delivery Manager on client communication and project reporting

Requirements

  • Leadership of multidisciplinary design teams, especially in product design environments
  • Experience defining design quality standards, methodologies, and design system governance
  • Proficiency with design systems, discovery processes, UX research, and user‑centered design
  • Ability to make product strategy decisions based on data, research, and KPIs
  • Mentoring, talent development, and influence without direct hierarchy
  • Stakeholder management and client communication in international settings
  • Fluent English (spoken and written)
  • Experience applying AI to design processes and tools
  • Preferably experience in digital health, med‑tech, or regulated sectors

Benefits

  • Permanent contract with long‑term growth opportunities
  • Flexible working hours and two days per month of office attendance
  • Comprehensive health insurance (Adeslas) for employee, partner and children
  • Flexible compensation (meal, transport and childcare vouchers)
  • 26 days of leave (23 vacation days + regional holidays + 2 extra days)
  • Referral bonuses for clients or employees
  • Transparent culture with open communication and regular newsletters
  • €500 training stipend for education, books or events
  • High‑growth environment working with major clients such as Vodafone, BBVA, Inditex and more

Key Skills

Design Management Design Systems UX Research User‑Centered Design Product Strategy Data‑Driven Decision Making Stakeholder Management Cross‑functional Collaboration Mentoring & Talent Development AI‑enhanced Design Tools Agile Methodology Prototyping Wireframing Figma Adobe Creative Suite English Fluency Communication Leadership Strategic Thinking Quality Assurance

About Garaje De Ideas

We are Garaje de ideas, a Design, Technology, Data and Growth agency. We start from a people-centered perspective and work in a multidisciplinary manner throughout the value creation process, blending design, data analysis, growth strategies, and technology to create solutions that drive transformative change for businesses. We accompany our clients by bringing together Design, Data and Technology to solve complex problems and transform businesses. 🚀 CHECK OUR SUCCESS STORIES ➔ https://garajedeideas.com/proyectos/ SERVICES ➔ Design: We do research to understand the needs of users and businesses in order to create digital products and services that make strategic sense, are useful, flexible and accessible. Above all, products that people fall in love with; products that convert, achieve recurrence, and add value. ➔ Technology: Garaje Tech is made up of specialists in all technological disciplines (Architecture, Front, Back, Mobile, DXP, Commerce...) and our differential feature

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