Product Design Manager 1

About Qualia

At Qualia, we've built the leading B2B real estate technology that transforms the home buying and selling experience into a simple, secure, and enjoyable process. Our SMB and Enterprise products bring together users from across the real estate ecosystem---homebuyers and sellers, lenders, title and escrow agents, and real estate agents---onto a single shared digital closing platform, providing greater clarity and transparency to real estate transactions. Today, through our business customers across the country, millions of consumers use Qualia to close on homes every year.

What You'll Work On

We’re looking for a Product Design Manager who will both manage and mentor a talented design team, and take on individual contributor work tackling complex, highly technical problems from concept through launch.

Responsibilities

Management & Culture

• Own overall team performance and health, including resource allocation, project prioritization, and fostering a culture of high-quality design
• Coach and mentor designers on both soft and hard skills, supporting their development and career growth
• Cultivate a team culture rooted in craftsmanship, user-centered design, and continuous improvement
• Actively practice and champion customer-centric thinking across the organization

Leadership

• Promote alignment and build trust across cross-functional teams by clearly communicating complex issues and fostering collaboration
• Proactively solicit and provide feedback within the design team and across the broader product org to continually raise the bar for quality
• Be a contributor to the organization’s strategic direction

Design

• Do hands-on product design work, supporting both strategic vision and team execution
• Provide strategic, visual, and systems-oriented feedback across end-to-end flows to ensure experiences are simple and delightful
• Oversee complex design initiatives across multiple workstreams, maintaining high quality and clearing blockers to ensure timely delivery
• Take broad, conceptual ideas and turn them into useful, valuable products for our users
• Proactively identify new user problems and opportunities, working closely with research and data to define paths forward

Your Background That Likely Makes You a Match

Years of Experience

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in Product Design, including at least 3 years directly managing Product Designers

Leadership & Communication

• Strong track record of building high-performing teams and coaching designers toward growth and leadership
• Able to visualize and articulate a clear design strategy to cross-functional partners
• Excellent written and verbal communicator, confident in managing high-stakes conversations with leadership
• Proven ability to create clarity and focus in complex, ambiguous problem spaces
• Operational mindset with experience improving team processes and decision-making workflows

Design Craft

• Maintain a core strength in one or more Design disciplines, leading through your expertise
• Portfolio of case studies showcasing how you've led teams to deliver high-craft experiences from inception through launch
• Demonstrated ability to transform user experiences by balancing visionary thinking with near-term, actionable execution
• Experience delivering 0–1 products from concept to launch, bringing bold ideas to life
• Skilled at navigating large-scale, complex, and ambiguous projects across multiple teams

Mindset

• Comfortable working in fast-paced, startup environments
• Embody a learning and growth mindset
• Comfortable with the level of learning and ambiguity required to navigate fast-evolving fields

Reporting & Location

You’ll report directly to the Director of Design. This is a remote role, with the option to work from our offices in San Francisco, CA, or Austin, TX.

Compensation

This role has a base annual salary of $200,000-$250,000 plus a competitive equity and benefits package. (Salary to be determined by relevant experience, location, knowledge, and skills of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market)