Product Design Manager, Pennylane
+ Company shares
Financial operating system for European SMEs
Job no longer available
Financial operating system for European SMEs
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
+ Company shares
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build the leading financial tool for European SMEs.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking a Product Design Manager, with a strong strategic and design mindset who has extensive experience working in complex product environments
- We are looking for someone with proven experience working directly with C-level executives and executive committees
- You have the ability to simplify complex topics, communicate clearly with senior stakeholders, and naturally adapt your presence and influence in high-stakes discussions
- Fluency in French and proficiency in English is required
- You have a strong track record of leading product design teams, better if in B2B organisations
- You have an excellent eye for design and are capable to assist the team with ideas and creative inputs
- You excel at aligning team decisions with the overall vision, JTBD, and design guidelines
- You enjoy discovering and solving complex problems through data and insights
- You have experience fostering an inclusive, open, and engaged design team culture
- You are comfortable communicating future design directions with senior stakeholders, including founders and inspiring positive action within your team
- You have a a collaborative approach. You have experience working closely with other Designers, Engineers and Product Managers. You value feedback and brainstorming ideas
- Significant experience collaborating with senior executives (C-level, Executive Committee, etc.)
- Ability to simplify, synthesize, and translate complex issues for non-expert audiences
- Comfortable presenting and defending your decisions to senior stakeholders
- Skilled at finding the right balance in meetings—knowing when to lead, when to listen, and how to adapt your approach to the context
- Experienced in partnering with design ops teams
- Speak English (level is assessed and appreciated according to the department you’re applying to)
- Energized by an ever-shifting work environment
- Highly collaborative (within your team or other stakeholders)
- Sufficiently experienced to prioritize business-led actions on your day to day activity
- We know that some people are less likely to apply than others, if they don’t feel like they meet the full list of criteria
- If you’re hesitating, we encourage you to apply : who knows, it might be the start of a meaningful and long-lasting collaboration
What the job involves
- Design sits at the centre of this mission and its purpose is to deliver a seamless, accessible and enjoyable experience for our users
- Our team of 20+ product designers work across different tracks that are divided into cross-functional squads each consisting of Engineering, Product and Design. Autonomy, trust and transparency are the key values upon which our culture is built, this is directly reflected in how our designers operate on a day-to-day basis
- At Pennylane, designers are expected to actively contribute all the way from defining the problem space, to research and testing
- You will have the opportunity to mentor, coach and lead a team of talented designers in our accounting track to ensure our partners have the best user experience possible
- Scale and level-up your team of 5 product designers
- You will partner closely with other design leaders, cross-functional partners, and HR partners to hire, develop and retain design talent in alignment with the growth trajectory of our organisation
- Identify strategic UX opportunities that will help our accountants become more productive and drive these forward with your product and engineering peers at track level
- Orchestrate user research with product leads and your team to understand the behaviour, needs and wants for our most important accounting partners and convert it into actionable insights
- Continuously contribute expertise back to the business in the form of insights and best practices for our accounting users
- Help your team balance speed, quality, and design consistency, always focusing on customer impact and business goals
- Shaping and establishing design processes. By driving design best practices, you'll enable more significant impact and efficiency across the team
Our take
In multiple mature markets, companies have been using QuickBooks, Xero and other SaaS solutions for accounting, but it is a fragmented industry with each country using its own software solution. In France, there is no definitive SaaS solution for accounting.
Pennylane wants to overhaul current tools and modernise the tech stack of accounting firms, by connecting directly with third-party services that hold valuable information. Accounting firms can use Pennylane collaboratively by accessing the platform to centralise receipts, create invoices and automate tasks. Instead of sending information back and forth with spreadsheets and photo attachments, both clients and accounting firms can interact directly on the platform.
Pennylane has a significant market opportunity ahead, with an ambitious goal to become the preferred management platform for European companies. The company already claims an impressive number of customers and strong backing which will allow it to further develop its platform and expand to other markets in Europe.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jan 2026
$201.7m
SERIES E
Apr 2025
$86.5m
LATE VC
Total funding: $465.2m
Company benefits
- Work remotely from anywhere in Europe, as long as your contract allows you to
- Company shares to enjoy a piece of the success story you're building with us
- A budget to turn your home into a more comfortable workspace, as well as a monthly allowance to work from a coworking space whenever you feel like it
- Access to 8000 fitness spaces in Europe and more than 300 activities related to wellness through our partner Gymlib
- Access to Busuu to perfect your english or your french
- The latest Apple equipment
- Be part of a vibrant social community: we do lots of sports together (running, climbing...), we love to hang out and have a drink together (Thursday afterwork drinks on our rooftop is a usual thing)
- Twice-a-year company seminars
- Wonderful office in the center of Paris
- 10 additional days off (to the 25 standard ones) for those based in France
- Lunch credits (Swile card) to buy your favorite food every day, for those based in France
- Great healthcare cover (Alan Blue) to take care of yourself and your family, for those based in France
Company HQ
Chaussée-d'Antin, Paris, France
Leadership
Arthur Waller
(Co-founder & CEO)Founded PriceMatch in 2012, and progressed from Product Owner to Senior Product Owner at Booking.com between 2015-2018. Co-founded Pennylane in 2020.
Felix Blossier
(Co-founder & COO)Founding Partner of PriceMatch in 2012 and experience as Director General of the French Treasury from 2018-2020. Co-founded Pennylane in 2020.
Tancrède Besnard
(Co-founder & CPO)Co-founded PriceMatch in 2012. Experience as Product Manager for Booking.com between 2016-2018, and current advisor for Predictus. Co-founded Pennylane in 2020.
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job
View 17 more jobs at Pennylane