UX Design Manager

Cengage is a global education technology company dedicated to helping learners discover the power and joy of learning. The UX Design Manager will lead and grow a team of designers, driving product-led design maturity and adopting modern tools to enhance efficiency and quality.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of UX designers
• Ensure teams operate with clear outcomes and strong product thinking
• Strengthen product team collaboration across Product and Engineering
• Encourage and guide responsible use of AI tools and other emerging technologies across the team
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and quality through tooling
• Establish strong critique practices and quality standards
• Partner with leadership on product direction and organizational strategy
• Hire and grow talent to increase team capability

Requirements:

• 7–10+ years of experience in product/UX design
• 2–5+ years of people management experience
• Strong product thinking and leadership skills
• Experience introducing or scaling new tools and practices
• Experience creating AI-enabled products
• Understanding of how AI can enhance design workflows and outcomes
• Ability to balance delivery, quality, and long-term capability
• A combination of past design work and leadership impact
• Case studies showing how you led teams, not just projects
• Examples of improving team performance, process, or outcomes
• Evidence of developing designers and raising team capability
• Impact on product outcomes through team leadership
• Improvements in cross-functional collaboration
• Systems you've built (processes, critique, hiring, etc.)
• Use of AI tools to improve team efficiency or quality