Senior Manager, Product Design
Xometry (NASDAQ: XMTR) powers the industries of today and tomorrow by connecting the people with big ideas to the manufacturers who can bring them to life. Xometry’s digital marketplace gives manufacturers the critical resources they need to grow their business while also making it easy for buyers at Fortune 1000 companies to tap into global manufacturing capacity.
Xometry is hiring a Senior Manager of Product Design to lead a team of designers within one or more Strategic Product and Technology Organizations (STOs). You are accountable for delivery, quality, and team performance. This is not a coordination role. You are responsible for ensuring your team delivers clear, high-quality, executable design work on time, with no surprises, through leadership and hands-on execution. You will partner with Product and Engineering leadership to shape direction, enforce standards, and remove ambiguity.
How You’ll Contribute:
Team Performance
Lead and develop a team of designers (Senior and mid-level)
Set clear expectations for ownership, quality, and communication
Hold designers accountable for outcomes, not just outputs
Address performance issues directly and quickly
Product Thinking and Problem Framing
Frame ambiguous problems into clear design direction before execution begins
Ensure design decisions are grounded in user and business outcomes, not aesthetics alone
Drive clarity on what problem is being solved before work starts, not after
Push back on poorly defined requirements rather than accepting them at face value
Delivery and Execution
Own design delivery across your team (quality, pacing, predictability)
Ensure work is complete, structured, and ready for Engineering
Enforce a clear definition of done
Surface risks and tradeoffs early
Cross-Functional Partnership
Partner with Product and Engineering to define scope and priorities
Ensure design is influencing direction, not reacting to requirements
Resolve ambiguity and alignment issues quickly
Act as an escalation point for unclear or misaligned problem framing
AI-Enabled Execution
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
Can describe specific AI-assisted design workflows, not just tools used
Systems Thinking
Ensure design decisions scale across surfaces, platforms, and future use cases
Maintain coherence across the broader design system and product ecosystem
Identify downstream implications of design choices on other teams’ work
Quality and Standards
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
What You'll Bring to Xometry:
10+ years of experience in product design, including 2+ years managing designers
Proven track record of driving product decisions through design and systems thinking
Experience working closely with Product, Research, and Engineering teams
Strong ability to translate ambiguous problems into clear, executable design direction
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
The estimated base salary range for new hires into this role is $180,000-$200,000.00 annually + bonus depending on factors such as job-related skills, relevant experience, and location. We also offer a competitive benefits package, including 401(k) match, medical, dental and vision insurance; life and disability insurance; generous paid time off including vacation, sick leave, floating and fixed holidays, maternity and bonding leave; EAP, other wellbeing resources; and much more.
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