Product Design Team Lead

We are seeking a Product Design Team Lead to join our organization. As a Team Lead, you will be responsible for leading a team of product designers. You will guide their day-to-day tasks, ensuring that high-quality user experience designs are delivered on time and align with business objectives. This role requires a blend of strong hands-on and leadership skills, a deep understanding of real-world UX & visual design principles, and the ability to manage projects effectively.

**What You'll Do -**:

- Lead, manage, and mentor a team of product designers, fostering a collaborative and productive environment.
- Maintain hands-on involvement in design tasks, demonstrating and leading by example in creating high-quality design deliverables.
- Oversee the design process from concept through delivery, ensuring designs meet business and user needs.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including project managers, developers, and product managers, to ensure efficient and timely execution of projects.
- Defining design goals for projects, incorporating design research, and assisting in setting up A/B testing and user feedback sessions.
- Coordinate with designers to effectively present design concepts and decisions to stakeholders.
- Optimize team resources, work assignments and project outcomes.
- Facilitate the professional development of team members.

**Who You Are -**:

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.
- A minimum of 8 years of experience in digital design, B2B, with 1-3 years in a team leadership role. Experience in the project management and reporting industry is preferred.
- Proven track record of managing design processes, frameworks, and teams.
- Strong portfolio showcasing expertise in product design.
- Hands-on experience with user research, usability testing, and design thinking.
- Experience in a fast-paced, agile development environment.
- Prior experience in mentoring and upskilling designers.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Expert knowledge in a wide range of design tools and frameworks, including their working mechanics and the ability to assist the team with troubleshooting

**What's In It For You -**:

- Remote First work environment- If you’re close to one of our 3 Hubs: Boston, Montreal, or Reykjavik, feel free to use the space and catch up with the local team(s)
- Unlimited vacation in most of our locations
- Great benefits including health, dental, vision and savings plan.
- Perks such as training reimbursement, WFH reimbursement, and more.
- Diverse and dynamic teams with challenging and exciting work.
- An opportunity to have a real impact on our business.
- A great range of social activities (both in person and virtual).
- Optional in person meet-ups and the ability to travel to our international offices
- Employee referral program
- And so much more

Note: As our hiring teams are global, please submit your resume in English only.

**Org-wide Summary**

At Tempo we’re on a mission to help teams build better, together. We are creators of top-selling Atlassian Marketplace apps, supporting more than 29,000 customers and working with hundreds of Solutions Partners globally. Our solutions help customers orchestrate creation and delivery, so their teams can focus and optimize around their highest priorities.

Our product suite has grown from our popular time-tracking solution, which launched in Iceland in 2009, to resource & capacity planning, project cost tracking, project & program management, and strategic roadmapping. In 2021, Tempo acquired Roadmunk, a roadmapping solution popular with product management teams, and ALM Works, creators of the Structure for Jira suite that delights project and program managers around the world.

We envision a world where everyone inside an organization works in harmony on the most impactful opportunities aligned with their mission. Come join us as we continuously innovate our award-winning products, create new solutions, and expand to new ecosystems. Are you ready to unlock the joy of building with us?

At Tempo Software, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating an inclusive culture. As such all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status