Manager, Product Design

About 1Password

At 1Password, we’re building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. Our mission is to unleash employee productivity without compromising security by ensuring every identity is authentic, every application sign-in is secure, and every device is trusted. We innovated the market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneered Extended Access Management, a new cybersecurity category built for the way people and AI agents work today. As one of the most loved brands in cybersecurity, we take a human-centric approach in everything from product strategy to user experience. Over 165,000 businesses and millions of people trust us to provide seamless, secure access to their most critical information. If you're excited about the opportunity to contribute to the digital safety of millions, to work alongside a team of curious, driven individuals, and to solve hard problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you. Come join us and help shape a safer, simpler digital future.

The Experience, Design & Research Department

The Experience, Design & Research department at 1Password exists to explore, research, design, and champion the most delightful, clear, and useful experiences for all our customers—empowering them to be both secure and productive at work and at home.

Product Design Manager Role

We’re looking for a Product Design Manager to lead and support a team of designers working on key areas across our product ecosystem. This is a mid-level leadership role focused on managing and growing design talent, ensuring thoughtful, cohesive user experiences, and partnering closely with cross-functional peers to shape our product direction. Whether improving core functionality, refining user journeys, or launching new features, you’ll help ensure we’re solving the right problems and delivering meaningful value to our customers.

What you can expect:

• Manage and support a team of product designers working across a variety of product areas.
• Help connect projects to broader business and customer goals, ensuring end-to-end experiences are cohesive and well-considered.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Research, and Marketing to align on strategy, scope, and execution.
• Support designers in their craft, career growth, and performance, through regular feedback, coaching, and development planning.
• Help shape design team processes and ways of working to ensure efficient, high-quality outcomes.
• Work with design leadership to uphold design excellence and build a strong, inclusive, and collaborative team culture.

What We’re Looking For:

• Design Expertise: 3–5+ years in product design with a strong foundation in UX, UI, systems thinking, and customer-centered design at scale. Experience in SaaS (especially B2B) is a plus.
• Team Leadership: 2+ years managing product designers or leading cross-functional projects with impact on product direction or business outcomes.
• People Development: Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, and grow designers of various levels.
• Strong Communicator: Able to clearly articulate design decisions and lead through influence and collaboration.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Experience working closely with product, engineering, and other functions to drive shared outcomes.
• Organized & Impact-Oriented: Skilled at setting priorities, creating focus, and aligning your team toward high-impact work.
• Hiring & Onboarding: Comfortable participating in hiring processes and supporting new team members as they ramp up.

Nice to have:

• Experience with designing intuitive user experiences for B2B SaaS products or multi-platform ecosystems.

Compensation and Benefits (USA-based roles only):

• The annual base salary for this role is between $173,000 USD and $233,000 USD.
• Immediate participation in 1Password's benefits program (health, dental, 401k and many others).
• Utilization of our generous paid time off.
• An equity grant.
• Where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.

Compensation and Benefits (Canada-based roles only):

• The annual base salary for this role is between $146