[Hiring] Senior Design Manager @Pennylane SAS

Role Description

Are you looking to have an impact on the daily life of millions of entrepreneurs in France (and tomorrow in Europe)? Are you looking for a work environment that values trust, proactivity, and autonomy? Are our product principles aligned with your vision? Then Pennylane is the right place for you!

We aim to become the most beloved financial Operating System of French SMEs and Accounting Firms (and soon, European ones). We help entrepreneurs rid themselves of time-consuming tasks related to accounting and finance while providing them with access to key financial information to assist in making the best decisions for their business.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead, support, and develop a team of four Product Designers and one first-time Design Manager, all reporting directly to you.
• Coach the Design Manager in building strong management practices, developing team members, and creating the conditions for high performance.
• Set a clear design direction for Financial Services, translating product and business priorities into an actionable experience strategy.
• Raise the quality and consistency of customer experiences across the Financial Services journey while ensuring coherence with the broader SME product.
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data, Marketing, and other stakeholders to design experiences that support acquisition, activation, conversion, and revenue objectives.
• Guide designers through complex product challenges, strengthening craft, strategic thinking, customer understanding, and measurable impact.
• Represent Financial Services in cross-functional Brand and Design System initiatives, contributing to shared standards while ensuring that the track’s specific needs are addressed.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading Product Design teams in complex, fast-moving product environments.
• Comfortable managing both individual contributors and design managers, including coaching someone through their first management role.
• Ability to define a compelling design direction and connect customer experience decisions with product strategy and business outcomes.
• Strong track record of improving the quality, usability, and coherence of end-to-end digital experiences.
• Understanding of how design contributes to acquisition, activation, conversion, and revenue, using qualitative and quantitative insights to guide decisions.
• Ability to deliver and demonstrate measurable results within short cycles without losing sight of long-term experience quality and customer trust.
• Capability to navigate complex product ecosystems and balance local team needs with consistency across a broader platform.
• Build effective partnerships with Product, Engineering, Data, Brand, Marketing, and senior stakeholders.
• Provide clear, actionable feedback and create an environment where designers can grow, challenge ideas, and produce their best work.
• Fluency in French and English.
• Experience with financial services or another regulated, trust-sensitive product environment is a plus, but not essential.

Benefits

• 25 vacation days paid by Pennylane.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Company shares to enjoy a piece of the success story you're building with us.
• Budget to turn your home into a more comfortable workspace, as well as a monthly allowance to work from a coworking space whenever you feel like it.
• Access to 8000 fitness spaces in Europe and more than 300 activities related to wellness through our partner Gymlib.
• Access to Busuu to perfect your English or French.
• Latest Apple equipment.
• Ability to work remotely from your country of residence, as long as it is in Europe and within a maximum time difference of two hours from the CET time zone.
• Regular company events such as Tech Days and annual company seminars for significant moments of cohesion.
• If based in France, additional perks include 6 to 12 RTT, 5 weeks PTOs, lunch credits (Swile), Alan Blue healthcare cover, and regular events in cities where Pennylaners are mostly present (Lyon, Bordeaux, Nantes…).