Manager, Product Design

Base is planning to bring a million developers and a billion users onchain. We need your help to make that happen.

We believe that the onchain platform is the most important builder platform since the internet (“online”). We believe that the onchain platform should be open source, free to use, and globally available. And we believe that in order to make it really work, we need all hands on deck, working together to scale in a secure, decentralized manner.

At Base, we live by our Stay Based values: we do the right thing, work hard, stay optimistic, prioritize the team, and push creative boundaries—all while building the future of onchain. We value a Zone 3+ work ethic, where our team rises to the challenge, embraces hard weeks, and makes small to significant personal tradeoffs when necessary to drive impact and innovation.

We’re looking for a Product Design Manager with a proven track record of designing & owning high-growth apps. In this role, you’ll contribute to our strategy through a deep understanding of customer and business needs. You’ll work closely with Product, Engineering, and XFN teams internally and externally to help build powerful, easy-to-use experiences.

The ideal candidate is onchain-native, has a deep understanding of the needs / pain points of onchain builders and end users, and can help implement a data-informed framework to approach product design decisions.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead the team of Product Designers at Base
• Provide coaching and mentorship on product design thinking, craft, and execution
• Evangelize and drive delivery of exceptional UX of all critical user journeys
• Proactively identify opportunities and improvements to UX for builders and end users
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Base Leadership to help shape the product vision

What we look for in you:

• 8+ years experience of product design, with 3+ years managing designers 
• Experience setting creative direction for consumer-facing products on web and mobile 
• Proven track record of upleveling Product Designers through coaching and mentorship
• You love transforming complexity into simplicity, and creating order from uncertainty
• Excellence in UX thinking, visual+interaction design, and written communication 
• Good understanding of the onchain ecosystem as a native onchain user yourself
• Fluency in Figma / user prototyping tools

Nice to haves

• Experience contributing to an onchain community or project
• …