Product Design Manager

Gong
Dublin, Ireland
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience managing product design teams in B2B SaaS and are comfortable with hybrid work arrangements.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with team leadership experience in B2B SaaS and a track record of user-centered design.
    — “A design leader with 3–5 years of experience managing product designers
  • Individuals who thrive in collaborative, cross-functional environments and embrace ambiguity.
    — “A thoughtful leader who can give clear feedback, guide decision-making, and help designers navigate ambiguity
  • Candidates with a strong background in creating UI and user experiences for complex digital products.
    — “designing flows, experiences, and UI for complex digital products

Things to consider

  • This role requires a minimum of three days per week in the Dublin office.
    — “Hybrid-based role with 3 days per week in our Dublin office on Dame St.
  • The position demands a balance between leadership and hands-on design work.
    — “Comfortable balancing people leadership with hands-on involvement when needed

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in shaping design systems and UI patterns in your portfolio.
    — “Help evolve and uphold UI patterns, design systems, and best practices across the team
  • Emphasize your ability to lead and mentor product designers effectively.
    — “Lead, coach, and manage a team of Product Designers, supporting their growth and development
  • Showcase your background in user research and applying insights to improve product outcomes.
    — “Experienced with user research methodologies and applying insights at a team and product level
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Lead and grow a team of product designers
  • Drive the design vision for key product areas
  • Ensure high-quality design outcomes
  • Evolve and uphold UI patterns and design systems
Typical background
Experience in managing product designersBackground in designing complex digital products

Skills & requirements

Required

Product Design ManagementTeam LeadershipUser Experience DesignProduct VisionUser-centered SolutionsCross-functional CollaborationDesign SystemsHiring And OnboardingDesign Culture

Preferred

B2B Saas DesignUser Research Methodologies

Stack & domain

LeadershipCommunicationProduct DesignB2b Saas

About the role

Original posting from Gong via Greenhouse

Gong harnesses the power of AI to transform how revenue teams win. The Gong Revenue AI Operating System unifies data, insights, and workflows into a single, trusted system that observes, guides, and acts alongside the world’s most successful revenue teams. Powered by the Gong Revenue Graph, AI-powered intelligence, specialized agents, and trusted applications, Gong helps more than 5,000 companies around the world deeply understand their teams and customers, automate critical sales workflows, and close more deals with less effort. For more information, visit www.gong.io.

At Gong, you will join a company built on innovative products, ambitious goals, and passionate people. We are shaping the future of revenue intelligence and we want people who are excited to build what comes next. You will work with a team that dreams big, moves fast, and cares deeply about the craft and about each other. Here, transparency and trust are core to how we operate, and every person has the opportunity to make a visible impact. If you want to grow, stretch, and do work that truly matters, Gong is the place to do the best work of your career.

We’re seeking a highly motivated Product Design manager to play a key role in leading, mentoring, and growing a team of product designers while driving high-quality design outcomes across one of Gong’s key product areas.

If you have a passion for building strong teams, creating innovative products, and solving complex user problems, we want you!

This is a Hybrid-based role with 3 days per week in our Dublin office on Dame St.

You will:

Lead, coach, and manage a team of Product Designers, supporting their growth and development.

Drive the design vision and user experience for one of Gong’s key product areas, in close partnership with Product and Engineering.

Provide clear direction, feedback, and design critique to ensure high-quality, user-centered solutions.

Guide designers through discovery, ideation, and execution, from early concepts to detailed design.

Act as a design leader and user advocate, ensuring design decisions are grounded in user needs and business goals.

Collaborate closely with product managers and engineers to shape roadmaps, scope work, and deliver impactful experiences.

Help evolve and uphold UI patterns, design systems, and best practices across the team.

Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and building a strong design culture within the Dublin design team.

You should apply if you are:

A design leader with 3–5 years of experience managing product designers.

An experienced product designer with a strong background in designing flows, experiences, and UI for complex digital products, ideally in B2B SaaS.

Comfortable balancing people leadership with hands-on involvement when needed.

A thoughtful leader who can give clear feedback, guide decision-making, and help designers navigate ambiguity.

A strong problem solver who can help teams break down complex challenges into clear, actionable solutions.

Passionate about building exceptional UX and high-performing design teams.

Experienced with user research methodologies and applying insights at a team and product level.

Proficient with Figma and modern design workflows.

An excellent communicator with strong presentation, collaboration, and organizational skills.

What makes the Product Design department at Gong unique? 

Here at Gong, we trust and empower our employees with ownership to solve complex problems, make the right decisions, and build the best products that create radical impact. We call this “Own. Solve. Impact.” 

Being a Product Designer at Gong is all about engaging with customers, understanding their needs, and building great products to address those needs. We have empowered teams. Each product designer works closely with a product manager and an engineering team to drive forward an agenda or domain. The pod is responsible for working with customers, iterating towards a great solution, and driving it towards success. There are many amazingly talented PDs to work with, collaborate, learn from, and contribute from your own knowledge.

We encourage our employees to express their personality and identity (whether gender, ethnic, religious, or sexual), and we ensure fairness and equal opportunities. We follow a hybrid working model that combines working from home, on the go, or at the office. This allows us: flexibility, autonomy, positive work relationships, and effective work habits.

Source: Gong careers (Greenhouse)

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