Senior Design Manager, Design Studio - Employee Experience & Engineering
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Sunnyvale
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Category
- Design
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 12+ years of product design experience, with at least 7 years managing design teams
- Experience designing for Apple platforms (iOS, macOS, iPadOS) — understanding of HIG, platform conventions, and native interaction patterns
- Strong portfolio of shipped enterprise and consumer products demonstrating design quality at scale
- Proven ability to hire, develop, and retain high-performing designers
- Deep craft sensibility — typography, layout, interaction design, motion, accessibility
- Demonstrated commitment to ethical design practices — privacy, inclusivity, accessibility, and responsible use of data and AI
- Experience managing design across multiple concurrent product workstreams
Nice to have
- Strong collaboration skills with engineering and product management partners
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and balancing quality with delivery timelines
- Excellent communication and presentation skills at the executive level
- Experience with enterprise products is a strong plus
Full description
Employee Experience and Productivity (EEP) is part of IS&T and delivers some of the most widely used communication and productivity technology and services across Apple — from tools that enable collaboration to the support teams that keep Apple's workforce running. EEP also leads user experience design and research, and manages the systems behind Apple's original content studios.
The Design Studio works on products used daily by Apple employees worldwide — including Enterprise Assistant, Apple Directory, Radar, Caffè Macs, retail workforce tools, and others. The team partners closely with engineering, product, and operations to deliver experiences that are uniquely Apple — even when they're internal.
We're looking for a design leader to manage our Design Studio — the team responsible for IS&T's highest-impact employee-facing products. This person will lead a team of product designers, set the quality bar for craft and experience design, and partner with engineering and product leadership to deliver world-class enterprise applications used by all Apple employees.
You'll report to the UX Director and be part of the Employee Experience & Engineering organization.
Minimum Qualifications
- 12+ years of product design experience, with at least 7 years managing design teams
- Experience designing for Apple platforms (iOS, macOS, iPadOS) — understanding of HIG, platform conventions, and native interaction patterns
- Strong portfolio of shipped enterprise and consumer products demonstrating design quality at scale
- Proven ability to hire, develop, and retain high-performing designers
- Deep craft sensibility — typography, layout, interaction design, motion, accessibility
- Demonstrated commitment to ethical design practices — privacy, inclusivity, accessibility, and responsible use of data and AI
- Experience managing design across multiple concurrent product workstreams
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong collaboration skills with engineering and product management partners
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and balancing quality with delivery timelines
- Excellent communication and presentation skills at the executive level
- Experience with enterprise products is a strong plus