Instagram · 9 hours ago
Product Design Manager - Private Sharing
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$201K/yr - $278K/yr
8+ years expInstagram’s Private Sharing team is dedicated to building experiences that help people connect with those they care about in meaningful, trusted, and creative ways. As the Design Manager for Private Sharing, you will lead a team working across product areas like Notes, Map and new product bets, playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of friend sharing on Instagram.
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Responsibilities
Build and manage a team of designers that consistently deliver on projects and is well-balanced across a range of design skill sets
Responsible for overall team performance and health, resource allocation, project prioritization, and maintaining a practice of high design craft
Lead and manage the design and end-to-end experience of a product from conception to launch in partnership with product managers, engineers, user experience researchers and other creative disciplines
Contribute to high-level strategic decisions with the rest of the product and design leadership teams, driving business outcomes through design
Develop design talent where designers grow in their careers
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field and minimum of 8 years of experience in relevant field
A portfolio that demonstrates relevant work, a proven understanding of best practices in product design, and a track record of shipping useful, usable, and beautiful products
4+ years of design management experience with direct reports under your guidance and leadership
8+ years of experience working collaboratively with product, engineering, design, content and user research teams
Experience building and shipping applications or software across a variety of platforms
Experience leading product direction and strategic thinking with the experience developing product goals, identifying opportunities, and making decisions based on the impact to people and the company
Experience representing work to a broader product team and other leaders, clearly and succinctly articulating the goals and concepts
Preferred
Experience designing 0-1 products (from initial idea to launch)
Experience leading design for high-craft consumer software products
Experience working on large scale, complex projects across multiple organization pillars, with a focus on design systems and UI/UX
Experience working with Machine Learning, generative AI, or Large Language Models (LLMs)
Experience with design operations and process optimization
Experience designing products for entertainment, social platforms, or for young adults
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Company
Instagram is a free photo-sharing application that enables its users to take photos, apply filters, and share them on social networks. It is a sub-organization of Meta.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$57.5MKey Investors
Sequoia CapitalBenchmark
2012-04-09Acquired
2012-04-05Series B· $50M
2011-02-02Series A· $7M
Leadership Team
Adam Mosseri
Head of Instagram
Brett Keintz
Director of Product Management
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