Manager - Product Designer (Product companies),

Strong Lead Product Designer/ Sr product designer/ Product design manager ProfileMandatory (Experience 1): Must have a minimum 6+ years of hands-on Product Design experience with product companiesMandatory (Experience 2): Must have experience leading a team or mentoring junior designers (not a pure people manager)Mandatory (Design Craft): Strong design craft with deep expertise in UX, interaction design, design systems, prototyping, problem-solving, and user-centered workflows. Should be able to individually assess and elevate design quality.Mandatory (Collaboration): Proven ability to collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Research, and cross-functional teams. Must have driven design-led projects, influenced product roadmap, and balanced short-term and long-term design priorities.Mandatory (Portfolio): Portfolio or team-led work showing shipped, real-world product impact, improved user journeys, solved UX breakage, and scaled design quality across multiple products/features.Mandatory (Company) - Well funded / Top Product CompaniesMandatory (Note): CTC is not flexible, ESOP can be based on candidate current compensation structureMandatory (Role): This is mix role (Team management + Hands-on)\Preferred