Design Manager

ABOUT THE ROLE You'll lead and grow Gamma's design team during a pivotal moment in the company's trajectory. As we scale from 70 million users to hundreds of millions, you'll shape the craft, culture, and systems that define how people experience our product. This role combines hands-on design leadership with people management, requiring someone who can both elevate the work and develop the people doing it. You'll recruit world-class talent, build the processes and rituals that enable great work, and set the standard for craft across the product. You'll also be a player-coach, jumping in to design critical projects when the team needs your expertise. And you'll be the bridge between design, engineering, and product, ensuring we ship work that's both beautiful and built to scale. Our team has a strong in-office culture and works in person 4–5 days per week in San Francisco. We love working together to stay creative and connected, with flexibility to work from home when focus matters most. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Manage and grow a team of 4 designers, scaling to 7–8 as we expand product scope and user needs - Recruit exceptional design talent who raise the bar for craft, systems thinking, and collaboration - Build and refine team processes that balance speed with quality, from critiques to design reviews to cross-functional workflows - Design critical features and set the quality standard across the product - Elevate craft across visual design, interaction design, and prototyping, ensuring every detail reflects Gamma's brand - Partner closely with product and engineering to align on priorities, resolve tradeoffs, and ship work that users love WHAT YOU'LL BRING - 5+ years in design roles with at least 2 years managing and developing design teams - Track record of recruiting and retaining top-tier design talent at fast-growing companies - Portfolio demonstrating exceptional craft in consumer or prosumer product design - Experience building team processes that scale without sacrificing quality or creativity - Player-coach mindset with the ability to design high-impact projects while managing a growing team - Experience with AI-powered products, creative tools, or platforms serving a global user base (Nice to have) COMPENSATION RANGE: The base salary for this full-time position, which spans multiple internal levels depending on qualifications, ranges between $200K - $350K plus benefits & equity. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including but not limited to experience and expertise in the requirements listed above. If you're interested in this role but you don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway! We're always excited about meeting great people.