About The Role

Imagine yourself in the 1970s or 80s thinking through how computing should look and feel for people who had never seen one before. That’s what we’re trying to do at Notion — make software that feels timeless, with the craftsmanship of German cameras, playfulness of Japanese toys, and mass appeal of Coca-Cola. We have no end of fascinating challenges that can only be solved by someone with innate product & UX sense, technical aptitude, great taste, and impeccable craft.

Notion builds software that empowers customers to solve their own problems. We deliver customers, creators and developers a set of building blocks that enables them to make software that solves their own problems, just the way they want to. Given that, Notion can be used for almost anything: for writing and sharing docs, as a wiki, for managing projects and tasks, and more.

In this role, you’ll be our second design manager at Notion — and lead a group of designers who work across Notion’s core product, platform and administrative tools. You’ll be responsible for supporting designers and content strategists as they build, evolve and maintain Notion’s product, solving everyday problems our customers have with intuitive and approachable interfaces. You’ll help build a collaborative environment that invites input from research, engineering, product management, partnerships, marketing and more. You’ll help us define, grow, and foster a differentiated design culture that meets the very highest standards: investing in our people, processes and physical space alike.

What You’ll Do:

• You’ll help build and manage a team of product designers that help define and inspire long-term direction, while delivering high quality products on a regular cadence
• You’ll ensure Notion remains simple, intuitive and approachable, by enabling designers to work across projects, products and teams.
• You’ll help define and evolve our processes and tools across offices, building constructive and healthy systems for sharing work and feedback between people, functions and teams.
• You’ll help build the design function at Notion— setting what it’s responsible for, how it interfaces with other teams, and how it’ll grow and develop over time.
• You’ll set an extremely high bar for our craft and quality across visual design, interaction, UX and content; while staying focused on our customers’ needs and our company’s goals. You’ll help guide designers to meet and raise that bar.

What We’re Looking For:

• You have a strong track record of shipping products that customers love.
• You have 2+ years of design leadership experience, with direct reports and accountability for delivering progress towards company goals.
• You have 5+ years of design experience, building and shipping high quality products.
• You collaborate well cross-functionally—especially with research, product management, engineering and data—and pride yourself on being able to get teams of smart people working together towards strategic objectives.
• You have experience sharing and representing work, tailoring your communication to the needs of your audience.
• You have built, or are committed to building, diverse and inclusive product teams.

Bonus Points:

• You have experience working in product-led SaaS environments
• You have experience working with marketing and sales teams
• You’ve heard of computing pioneers like Ada Lovelace, Douglas Engelbart, Alan Kay, and others—and understand why we’re big fans of their work.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Notion.

Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation made due to a disability, please let your recruiter know. For roles based in San Francisco and New York City, the estimated base salary range for this role is $230,000 - $290,000 per year.