Product Design Manager, Retool
$188.4-293.3k
Low-code internal tools building software
Posted today
Low-code internal tools building software
201-500 employees
Posted today
$188.4-293.3k
201-500 employees
Company mission
Retool's mission is to create the future of internal software by making software development for engineers simpler and more accessible.
Role
Who you are
- Have 5+ years of experience in product design, with at least 2 years managing or mentoring designers
- Have a strong portfolio demonstrating generalist design skills and experience driving the product design lifecycle from end-to-end
- Are excited about breaking down technically complex problems into intuitive abstractions, balancing power and simplicity
- Love thinking systematically about hard problems with a lot of tradeoffs—then going deep on getting the details right through rapid, continual iteration
- Have experience designing developer-centric products, creative software, and/or enterprise internal tools
- Are customer-obsessed and excited to spend time with users to understand their needs and pain points
- Are an excellent communicator (and consider writing a fundamental design skill)
- Have experience working closely with engineers and product teams in fast-paced environments
- Thrive in ambiguity, can independently prioritize work based on user needs and business goals, and take responsibility to drive product ideas forward
- Have a strong bias toward action and a focus on driving impact, not just output
- Are comfortable with basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. (Bonus points if you have working knowledge of SQL, databases, or APIs!)
What the job involves
- As a Product Design Manager, you’ll be joining an experienced, tight-knit, and collaborative group from diverse backgrounds who love combining research, data insights, and peer feedback into a user-centered design process
- While we work very closely with our product teams, we’re intentional about preserving space for designers to learn and work alongside each other
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of product designers, providing guidance and fostering a high-performance, user-centered culture
- Own and drive the complete product design lifecycle of major features, setting a high bar for craft and execution
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners in product, engineering, success, sales, and marketing to align on priorities, uncover customer insights, and shape product strategy
- Conduct user research and synthesize findings to guide design decisions and validate solutions
- Define and evolve Retool’s design system, ensuring consistency and scalability across the platform
- Provide direct feedback, coaching, and structured career development to designers on your team
- Champion and establish best practices for user-centered design, usability, and accessibility across Retool
- Partner with leadership to build and scale the design function, influencing how design is valued and integrated into our broader product development process
- Design Team & Culture – Build and scale a high-performing design team by hiring top-tier talent, developing processes that enable great design, and fostering an inclusive and collaborative team environment
- Adoption – Accelerate the adoption of Retool by shortening time-to-value, inspiring new customers, and encouraging network effects
- Design Systems – Define the system that not only powers Retool’s UI but also enables customers to create cohesive internal tools
Our take
Retool allows developers to build internal applications quickly using a complete set of ready-made building blocks. These internal applications can be used to display company data from a range of sources, including Redis, Salesforce, Google Cloud, and Slack.
For a monthly fee, the platform enables companies to save time that they would have otherwise spent on developing their own internal applications. Retool brands itself as 'low-code,' meaning that it is easy to use and customize. There is a huge demand for systems that allow teams to analyze the data they already have. Retool already counts brands such as Amazon, Philips, Peloton, NBC, and Mercedes-Benz as customers.
Retool was founded in 2017, and the company is now valued at over $1 billion. Founded by Oxford graduate David Hsu, the management team includes ex-Stripe and ex-Airbnb employees with plenty of experience in taking a company from a start-up to a global brand. Retool was awarded $45 million in Series C in 2022, which it is using to expand its workforce, tweak its platform, and develop new products.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
38% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2022
$45m
SERIES C
Dec 2021
$20m
SERIES C
Total funding: $165.2m
Company benefits
- Competitive healthcare, dental and vision benefits
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner at our San Francisco and New York offices
- $1,200 annual stipend for anything learning-related (books, conferences, classes, etc.)
- $1,000 work-from-home-setup stipend
- Flexible PTO
- Family planning support and paid parental leave
- 401(k) Matching
- Mental health and wellness benefits
Company HQ
Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
David Hsu
(CEO)David studied Philosophy and Computer Science at the University of Oxford, before founding Retool in 2017. He has served as CEO ever since.
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