Senior Manager, Product Design - Clinical Experience and Growth

Dandy is transforming the dental industry through technology and innovation. They are seeking a Senior Product Design Manager to lead the Clinical Experience and Growth design teams, focusing on creating user-centered product strategies and ensuring high-quality design across complex systems.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and Grow a High-Performing Design Team
• Manage and support a team of product designers across Clinical Experience and Growth. Provide coaching, feedback, and career development to help designers expand their impact and ownership. Foster a culture of curiosity, autonomy, and thoughtful problem-solving
• Advocate for hiring when needed, and bring in designers to fill the roles that meet Dandy’s quality bar
• Shape Product Direction with Cross-Functional Partners
• Partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, Clinical experts, and Go-To-Market teams to shape the roadmap and product direction for these areas. Help translate complex clinical workflows and business goals into clear, user-centered product strategies
• Ensure High-Quality Design Across Complex Systems
• Ensure your team delivers thoughtful, high-quality design work across complex workflows that span patient care, lab collaboration, and practice growth. Provide design guidance and feedback at key moments to help teams move quickly while maintaining a high bar for usability and clarity
• Advocate for Doctors and Their Workflows
• Champion the perspective of dental practices in product decisions. Ensure that the tools we build reduce friction for doctors, support confident patient conversations, and help practices operate more effectively
• Connect Strategy to Execution
• Help your team move from early exploration and vision to concrete product outcomes. Guide designers in framing problems, forming hypotheses, and delivering iterative improvements that move key business and user metrics forward
• Build Strong Cross-Team Alignment
• Clinical workflows and growth experiences often span multiple parts of the platform. You’ll work across teams to ensure design decisions are consistent, scalable, and aligned with the broader product system
• Contribute to the Design Organization
• As a design manager, you’ll also help shape the broader design organization—participating in hiring, refining design processes, and contributing to how design operates and grows at Dandy

Requirements:

• 7+ years of product design experience, with at least 2+ years leading or managing product designers
• Experience guiding teams through complex product areas, resulting in designs that had impacts against company goals and KRs
• Strong product thinking and ability to partner with Product and Engineering leaders on roadmap direction
• Demonstrated ability to coach designers and help them grow their craft, strategic thinking, and autonomy
• Experience balancing business goals, technical constraints, and user needs
• Excellent communication and stakeholder alignment skills
• Ability to operate comfortably in ambiguous problem spaces and help teams move toward clarity
• Experience designing or managing teams working in healthcare, dental, or clinical technology
• Experience with growth, revenue, or practice-management tooling
• Background in workflow-heavy platforms or operational tools
• Experience scaling design teams in fast-growing startups