Senior Design Manager, Strategy Collection

Atlassian is building a unified, AI-centered design experience across its products to help teams work more effectively. The Senior Design Manager will lead the 0-to-1 design vision for the AI-native Strategy Collection suite, manage and scale a design team, and partner with Product and Engineering leadership to create intuitive enterprise workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Define and drive the 0-to-1 design vision for Strategy Collection, establishing new interaction paradigms in a high-ambiguity space
• Set and enforce a high bar for craft, fit and finish, visual polish, information hierarchy, and motion across Focus, Talent, Align, and Goals
• Manage, coach, and scale a high-performing team of 5–10 designers toward 10–15 as adoption grows
• Partner as an equal with Product and Engineering leadership on roadmap, prioritization, and strategic bets
• Champion AI-native design workflows—rapid prototyping, data-driven validation, and compressed discovery-to-delivery cycles
• Advocate for C-suite, transformation, and portfolio-manager users, ensuring the product earns their trust and delivers actionable clarity

Requirements:

• Experience managing and scaling teams of senior ICs and/or design managers
• A portfolio demonstrating high attention to craft and detail and the ability to simplify complex systems into intuitive workflows
• Proven success operating in nascent, high-ambiguity 0-to-1 environments
• Hands-on experience applying modern AI tools to prototyping, exploration, or product features
• Prior experience at AI-first or AI-forward product teams
• Familiarity with SPM, OKRs, enterprise analytics, workforce planning, or financial governance platforms
• Track record of growing design teams from single digits to mid-teens through product-market-fit inflection points