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Senior Design Manager (Infrastructure)

Canonical 🇭🇺 SkyCourt, Budapest, Hungary

Full-time Senior

Lead the Infrastructure Design team and oversee design quality, team development, delivery timelines, and operational workflows. Partner with engineering and other stakeholders to define outcomes, evolve design systems, improve cloud and software distribution experiences, and engage the open source community.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Infrastructure Design team and oversee design quality, team development, delivery timelines, and operational workflows. Partner with engineering and other stakeholders to define outcomes, evolve design systems, improve cloud and software distribution experiences, and engage the open source community.

Requirements

  • Candidates should have a high-quality UX design portfolio, strong technical understanding, and full lifecycle experience from user research through validation and implementation guidance. They should have experience managing designers who work with technical stakeholders, communicate transparently, meet deadlines, and be willing to travel up to four times a year.

Benefits

  • Learning and Development Budget
  • Annual Compensation Review
  • Recognition Rewards
  • Annual Holiday Leave
  • Parental Leave
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Travel Opportunities
  • Priority Pass for Travel
  • Travel Upgrades

Key Skills

UX Design Infrastructure Design Design Quality Review Team Leadership Coaching and Mentoring Roadmap Management Collaboration with Engineering Design Systems Development Workflow Optimization Open‑Source Community Engagement Technical Fluency Quantitative Optimization Full‑Lifecycle Design Stakeholder Management Project Delivery Travel Coordination

About Canonical

Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, provides open source security, support and services. Our portfolio covers critical systems, from the smallest devices to the largest clouds, from the kernel to containers, from databases to AI. With customers that include top tech brands, emerging startups, governments and home users, Canonical delivers trusted open source for everyone.

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