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Senior Design Manager (Infrastructure)

Canonical 🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland

Full-time Senior

Lead the Infrastructure Design team and oversee design quality, team development, delivery deadlines, and operational workflows. Partner with engineering and product stakeholders, evolve design systems and guidelines, and engage the open source community to improve cloud experiences, software distribution, and software security.

Responsibilities

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

Requirements

  • Candidates should have a strong portfolio in UX design and technology, exceptional educational achievements in design or a related behavioral science discipline, and full-lifecycle experience from user research through validation and implementation guidance. They should have experience managing designers who work with technical stakeholders, be comfortable with quantitative optimization and transparent delivery, and be willing to travel up to four times a year.

Benefits

  • Personal 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 Design systems Quantitative optimization Technical stakeholder collaboration Full‑lifecycle design User research Prototyping Design validation Implementation guidance Team leadership Coaching and mentorship Strategic communication Roadmap planning Design quality assurance Open‑source community engagement Travel coordination Agile methodology User‑centered design Data‑driven decision making Cross‑functional collaboration Problem solving

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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