Product Design Manager, OLX Group
+ Bonus scheme
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Global online marketplace aggregator
Open for applications
Global online marketplace aggregator
1001+ employees
Open for applications
+ Bonus scheme
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To shape the future of trade to unlock the hidden value in everything.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience leading design teams that deliver high-quality, user-centered products
- 5+ years in product design, with at least 2 years in a people management role
- A portfolio that shows team impact — not just your design work, but how you’ve grown people and improved outcomes
- Experience influencing product direction and connecting design decisions to business outcomes
- Strong collaboration and communication skills — you can translate design thinking into action across teams
- A bias toward hands-on leadership — you enjoy getting into the details when needed
- Comfort working in fast-moving, cross-functional environments
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a hands-on Product Design Manager who leads by example — someone who’s passionate about building great experiences with their team, shaping strategy through design, and raising the bar on quality and impact
- In this role, you’ll guide a team of talented Product Designers working alongside Product and Engineering in shipping high-quality, customer-centric experiences
- You’ll be deeply involved in defining what we build and how we build it — ensuring design plays a central, strategic role in shaping OLX
- This is a highly collaborative role where you’ll switch fluidly between leading design direction, coaching designers, and rolling up your sleeves to help your team solve real customer problems
- You’ll champion design craft, user advocacy, and continuous learning — helping your team grow their impact and capabilities
- Lead and grow a high-performing team of Product Designers — coaching, mentoring, and supporting them in delivering excellent work and growing their craft
- Shape the product strategy with your cross-functional partners, ensuring customer insights and design vision directly influence what we build
- Drive design quality — lead critiques, design reviews, and feedback sessions to raise the standard of what we ship
- Partner closely with Product and Engineering to align on priorities, balance speed and quality, and ensure smooth collaboration from discovery to delivery
- Establish strong design practices — helping teams improve their processes, leverage systems, and work efficiently
- Foster a culture of excellence and learning, empowering your team to experiment, challenge assumptions, and take ownership
- Stay close to customers and data — using insights to inform decisions, validate impact, and guide iteration
- Recruit and onboard strong, diverse design talent to continue elevating the team
Our take
OLX group started as an alternative to Craigslist outside the US and has since ridden the wave of classifieds, e-commerce and marketplaces to become one the most prominent web platforms in the world.
Over 300 million people use an OLX group website every month. The company has managed to reach this level primarily through the acquisition and integration of emerging marketplaces that typically delight customers with their easy use and quality range.
The company is now deepening its M&A strategy by integrating further marketplaces and inventories on behalf of its largest platforms, like OLX Autos. By navigating fluctuations in the fortunes of its ever growing portfolio of brands, OLX can continue to operate as a leader in its space.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
May 2009
$5m
SERIES C
Apr 2008
$13.5m
SERIES B
Total funding: $28.5m
Company benefits
- Range of development programs and resources designed to help you thrive in a way that suits you
- Unlimited therapy and coaching sessions through our BetterUp partnership
- ‘Speak Up’ (87% of our employees say they feel able to speak openly and not shy away from difficult conversations)
- Quarterly engagement surveys
- Hybrid working set-up (differs for each role)
Company HQ
Zuidas, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leadership
Christian Gisy
(CEO)Previously Non-Exec Director at Takko Fashion, Chairman and Non-Exec Director at atHomeGroup and was Co-Founder at playSports GmbH.
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