Manager, Product Design

Benefits of joining Learfield

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance options for you and eligible dependents
• Health Savings Account and life insurance coverage
• Additional insurance plans to support diverse needs
• Flexible Paid Time Off with a minimum of 10 days annually
• Parental leave to support families during meaningful moments
• 20 paid holidays
• 401(k) with company match to help grow your retirement savings
• Short and long term disability coverage

This onsite role is based in Dallas, TX and centers on people leadership and design operations for a multi-brand design team working across fan experiences, a multi-tenant design system, and CMS interfaces.

Role overview

We are seeking an experienced Manager of Product Design to guide and elevate a diverse design group. You will lead across multiple product workstreams, shape end-to-end design processes, and drive design operations that scale as the product surface expands. A strong emphasis on leadership, collaboration with Engineering and Product Management, and a user-centered mindset will define success in this role.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a cadre of Product Designers across several product workstreams
• Set clear expectations, define career development paths, and cultivate a culture of craft and accountability
• Conduct regular 1:1s, design critiques, and performance conversations that advance individual growth
• Identify skill gaps and grow team capability through targeted hiring, coaching, and structural planning
• Define scalable, end-to-end design processes from discovery to delivery
• Establish and maintain design workflows, documentation standards, and team tooling
• Integrate AI tools into team workflows, establish best practices, and build organizational fluency
• Ground design decisions in product KPIs and usage data to measure impact
• Collaborate with the Director to evolve the design organization as the team and product surface grow
• Fan Experience: ensure web and mobile experiences are intuitive, performant, and tied to engagement metrics
• Design System: build, govern, and scale component libraries and patterns across hundreds of school brands while maintaining consistency
• CMS: account for content structure, configuration, and rendering in design decisions
• Advocate for the end user within a B2B2C model, with the fan as the ultimate quality measure
• Partner with Engineering to close gaps between design intent and shipped product
• Serve as a strategic design partner to Product Management, contributing to roadmaps, discovery, and prioritization
• Represent the design perspective in product planning and cross-functional reviews
• Bridge the gap between design vision and execution as product processes mature
• Communicate design decisions clearly to stakeholders at all levels, including school partners when needed
• Leverage experience in sports, media, or multi-tenant SaaS and familiarity with collegiate athletics or fan experience design
• Scale a design team during organizational growth or restructuring
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of the end-to-end design process from research to iteration
• Design within a B2B2C or multi-tenant model and understand how configurability affects the end user
• Show a proven track record of building and scaling multi-brand design systems in complex environments
• Apply CMS architecture knowledge to frontend design and component-based experiences
• Integrate AI into team design workflows as a discipline that elevates the entire team
• Use data and KPIs to inform design strategy and demonstrate impact with evidence
• Partner with Product and Engineering where processes are being defined and refined
• Communicate effectively to align stakeholders, facilitate critiques, and advocate for design with clarity and conviction
• Ability to sit or stand at a desk for most of the day and use a computer, keyboard, and mouse comfortably

Requirements

• Experience in sports, media, or multi-tenant SaaS platforms
• Familiarity with collegiate athletics or fan experience design
• Proven track record scaling a design team through organizational growth or restructuring
• 7+ years of product design experience, including at least 3 years in a design leadership or management role
• Deep understanding of the end-to-end design process from research and discovery through delivery and iteration
• Experience designing within a B2B2C or multi-tenant model and awareness of how configurability shapes UX
• History of building and scaling multi-brand design systems in a complex product space
• Strong CMS knowledge and its relationship to frontend design and component-based experiences
• Experience embedding AI into team design workflows as a discipline, not only a productivity tool
• Ability to use data and KPIs to guide design strategy and prove impact
• Experience partnering with Product and Engineering in evolving process contexts
• Excellent communication skills to align stakeholders, facilitate critiques, and advocate for design

Technologies

• AI tools
• CMS