Senior Manager, Product Design

Senior Manager of Product Design

Company: Xometry
Location: Remote (US, Canada, UK)
Salary: $180,000 - $200,000 annually + bonus

Company Description

Xometry (NASDAQ: XMTR) powers the industries of today and tomorrow by connecting innovators with manufacturers. Our digital marketplace provides manufacturers with critical resources and makes it easy for buyers to access global manufacturing capacity. We are looking for a leader to join our dynamic team and help shape the future of manufacturing.

About The Role

As the Senior Manager of Product Design, you will lead a team of designers within one or more Strategic Product and Technology Organizations (STOs). You will be accountable for delivery, quality, and team performance, ensuring your team delivers clear, high-quality, executable design work on time. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will partner with Product and Engineering leadership to shape direction, enforce standards, and remove ambiguity. You will ensure UX influences strategic direction and that design outputs are structured and unambiguous, supporting workflows that enable AI-assisted development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of designers (Senior and mid-level).
• Set clear expectations for ownership, quality, and communication, holding designers accountable for outcomes.
• Address performance issues directly and promptly.
• Own design delivery across your team, ensuring quality, pacing, and predictability.
• Ensure work is complete, structured, and ready for Engineering, enforcing a clear definition of done.
• Surface risks and tradeoffs early.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to define scope and priorities.
• Ensure UX is influencing direction, not reacting to requirements.
• Resolve ambiguity and alignment issues quickly.
• Ensure design outputs are structured and unambiguous.
• Support workflows that enable AI-assisted development.
• Drive adoption of tools and practices that improve speed and reduce rework.
• Maintain a high bar for interaction design, usability, and consistency.
• Ensure alignment with design systems and accessibility standards.
• Lead design reviews focused on clarity and execution readiness.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in user research, including 2+ years managing researchers.
• Proven track record of driving product decisions through research.
• Experience working closely with Product, Design, and Engineering teams.
• Strong ability to translate insights into clear recommendations.
• Experience operating in fast-paced, product-driven environments.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills.
• Examples of AI-assisted workflows in portfolio (e.g., AI-generated prototypes, prompt-driven design systems, AI-supported research synthesis).
• Experience with B2B, marketplace, or operational platforms.
• Experience working with design systems and component-based design.
• Exposure to AI-assisted design or development workflows.
• Experience scaling teams or processes in growing organizations.

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary: The estimated base salary range for new hires is $180,000-$200,000.00 annually + bonus, depending on factors such as job-related skills, relevant experience, and location.
• Benefits: Competitive benefits package including 401(k) match, medical, dental, and vision insurance; life and disability insurance; generous paid time off (vacation, sick leave, holidays); maternity and bonding leave; EAP, and other well-being resources.

Xometry is an equal opportunity employer.