Senior Manager, Product Design (Foundations)

At Headway, our mission is to build a new mental healthcare system that everyone can access. Behind the magic for patients to find right and predictable care is our robust design system, insurance platform and internal tools.

As the Design Manager for this team, you will help contribute to our mission by making Headway’s operation more efficient, by building a powerful design system, strategic content design, wildly predictable insurance experience and robust internal tools. In this role, you will lead and continue building a talented team of product designers, design system designers and content designers. You'll be a key partner to other teams, ensuring our design systems empower teams to build cohesive, high-quality experiences at scale.

In this role, you will :

Lead the design systems across our products, as well as lead the team defining these systems. You will also be an advocate of design craftsmanship across our product, design, and engineering organizations.

Oversee the foundational experiences including insurance experiences, support experiences and security experiences for our customers.

Manage the internal tooling experiences that helps Headway operate efficiently.

Hire, lead, and coach a team of design system designers, content designers, and product designers responsible for design systems and foundational experiences.

Experience we're seeking :

3+ years of experience leading successful design system or product design teams.

Extensive experience in building and shipping design systems across a variety of systems.

Experience building and scaling a design team.

Great communication and excel in making complex technical details easy to understand.

Value high quality visual design with attention to detail.

Compensation & Benefits :

The expected base pay range for this position is $215,900 - $254,000, based on a variety of factors including qualifications, experience, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for performance-based variable compensation and an equity grant, depending on the position and level.

We are committed to offering a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package, including robust health and wellness benefits, retirement savings, and meaningful ownership opportunities through equity. Compensation decisions are made holistically, ensuring fairness and alignment with market benchmarks while recognizing individual contributions and potential.

Benefits offered include :

Equity compensation

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage

HSA / FSA

401K

Work-from-Home Stipend

Therapy Reimbursement

16-week parental leave for eligible employees

Carrot Fertility annual reimbursement and membership

13 paid holidays each year as well as a Holiday Break during the week between December 25th and December 31st

Flexible PTO

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Training and professional development

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