Hybrid Senior Manager, Product Design – Foundations

at Jobber

• Job title: Senior Manager, Product Design – Foundations
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: CA$196,300 - CA$265,600 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: JavaScript, React
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Toronto, Canada

About the role

• Senior Manager, Product Design leading Foundations team at Jobber. Shaping systems for scalable, consistent product experiences for small businesses.

Responsibilities

• Lead design for Jobber’s Foundations team, shaping the systems that support scalable, consistent product experiences
• Manage and support a small team of designers through coaching, feedback, and career development
• Work as a player-coach, contributing directly to component design, interaction patterns, documentation, and system improvements
• Partner closely with engineering to evolve the architecture, quality, and scalability of Jobber’s design system and platform foundations
• Collaborate with product designers across the organization to identify gaps, prioritize improvements, and make sure the system supports real product needs
• Champion consistency, accessibility, and usability across Jobber’s product experiences
• Help drive adoption of the design system by building strong relationships with product teams and making the system practical and valuable to use
• Contribute to planning and prioritization for the team, including sprint work and roadmap direction
• Refine the long-term vision for Foundations in a way that supports Jobber’s product strategy and growth
• Improve workflows, documentation, and tooling so teams can build more efficiently
• Advocate for design quality and help raise the overall craft of Jobber’s product experience.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience designing digital products, ideally in complex SaaS environments
• 4+ years of experience managing or mentoring designers
• 4+ years of experience contributing meaningfully to a design system, component library, or platform product
• Experience working in a player-coach leadership role, balancing people leadership with hands-on design work
• Strong skills in interaction design and systems thinking, with a portfolio that shows thoughtful, scalable product work
• Experience partnering closely with engineers on component implementation and front-end architecture
• Deep proficiency in modern design tools such as Figma, including shared component libraries
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• A systems mindset and a strong instinct for patterns, frameworks, and scalable solutions
• A high bar for design craft and a commitment to improving quality across teams
• Experience improving design system adoption, governance, or contribution models
• Familiarity with front-end technologies and frameworks such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or React. Direct contribution to front-end implementation is a strong plus
• Motivation to build thoughtful products that help small businesses succeed.

Benefits

• A total compensation package that includes an extended health benefits package with fully paid premiums for both body and mind
• Matching in RRSP, TFSA or FHSA
• Stock options
• A dedicated Talent Development team and access to coaching, learning, and leadership programs