Senior Design Manager Infrastructure
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted December 1, 2025
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Remote
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Job Description
A senior design manager role focused on leading the infrastructure design team at Canonical, responsible for creating and improving tools and experiences for cloud, software distribution, and security, while collaborating with technical stakeholders and engaging with the open source community in a remote, global environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Review the work of the design team for quality
- Support the professional growth of individual designers
- Improve operational workflows and collaboration processes
- Define and validate outcomes with stakeholders, especially engineering
- Evolve design systems and guidelines to ensure consistency and efficiency
- Coordinate with design leadership to develop best practices
- Facilitate knowledge sharing and strengthen team culture
- Engage with the open source community to promote the value of work
- Manage a team creating tools for developers and cloud engineers
- Ensure timely delivery of design projects and meet deadlines
Requirements
- A portfolio demonstrating outstanding quality in UX design and savviness in technology
- Exceptional educational achievements in design or related behavioral science discipline
- Full lifecycle experience from user needs discovery through validation and implementation guidance
- Experience managing a team that interacts with technical stakeholders
- Commitment to transparent project delivery and owning team deadlines
- Familiarity with quantitative optimisation approaches
- Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events
Benefits & Perks
Fully remote working environment
Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
Annual compensation review
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Parental Leave
Employee Assistance Programme
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at sprints
Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events
Additional benefits may include annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilisation
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