Design Manager

Join us on the journey to get to net zero

At Carbon Direct, we dedicate our scientific, software, and business expertise to empower organizations around the world to take climate action.

Our Mission

Enable organizations to reduce, remove, and utilize their emissions with carbon science

We are a purpose-driven carbon management firm dedicated to helping organizations around the world reach their climate goals. We make carbon science accessible and actionable with our end-to-end platform.

Global citizens with global impact

Whether a scientist, developer, or carbon markets expert, we are united by our mission to take climate action now. We are experts in our fields and we act with confidence. Located across 4 countries and 10+ states in the U.S., we offer both remote-friendly work options and dynamic, in-person experiences with offices located in Seattle, WA and Oakland, CA.

Diverse backgrounds bring diverse perspectives

We recognize that teams with diverse backgrounds and different experiences are powerful. Bringing together a variety of perspectives only enhances how we can effectively address the climate crisis. Together, we are creating an environment where everyone is celebrated and anyone can succeed.

The Role

We are looking for a passionate, entrepreneurial, and creative design manager for our product design team. If you are looking for an opportunity to apply your design expertise and lead innovation in the fight against climate change, then this is the job for you.

As a design manager, you will leverage your extensive experience to build a high-performing, diverse, and healthy team. You will work for your team, leading them from the front through all aspects of the UX design of our products. You will play a key role in engaging with cross-functional stakeholders within the company to ensure that the team delivers our business objectives. You will be a servant leader who empowers your team to grow and succeed together.  You provide constructive mentorship where needed. You are a lifelong learner with a passion for establishing a world-class product design culture.

Your mastery of applying user-centric design practices to software platforms is critical, as well as your ability to lead design initiatives from start to finish. You should have experience leading design teams, and be able to articulate advanced design concepts in interdisciplinary and senior environments.

Responsibilities

• Design great products and build a great team

• Work with product teams to deliver great software experiences and can take holistic ownership of the design process from strategy to screen.

• Manage people and building great cultures.

• Launch software across an ambiguous product area. Plan and prioritize time and effort. 

• Efficiently use modern design tools to create assets, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and mockups.

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• Support product development

• Advocate for design thinking that ensures the products we build solve real problems for real users.

• Make pragmatic decisions balancing business outcomes, product wins, technical constraints, and design excellence.

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• Be a team player

• Collaborate with colleagues from different professional backgrounds (e.g., science, tech, product, marketing, ...).

• Have a point of view but remain open-minded. Welcome diverse perspectives and encourage others to generate and explore new ideas.

• Learn forever and nurture those around you. Role model by inviting and freely giving well-intentioned, constructive feedback.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in UX design, with some management experience. 

• Experience managing and growing a team. 

• Mastery of design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma).

• Experience with web development languages (e.g., HTML, CSS).

• Ability to articulate advanced product design concepts and principles to non-experts.

• Ability to conduct user research and produce high-quality, relevant data.

• Ability to build strong relationships while working with a fully-remote, global team.

• Passion for addressing climate change is critical.

• Experience building new products and platforms is a strong plus.

• Experience working in the climate technology space is a strong plus.

Benefits

While we love our work, our lives aren’t defined by it. At Carbon Direct, we offer a robust benefits package that considers the whole person, their partners, and their families – and we’re always looking to improve.

Our U.S. benefits* include:

Comprehensive nationwide medical, dental, and vision coverage. See a preview of our coverage here.

Time off as needed: Flexible vacation policy and ten company-wide holidays, plus annual winter break between Christmas and New Year's

16 weeks of fully paid parental and family leave with no tenure requirement

Remote-friendly work culture with annual company-wide retreats

Reimbursement for your work-from-home setup

*These benefits apply to U.S.-based employees only. Employees outside of the U.S. receive benefits that vary by country. To learn more, contact people@carbon-direct.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Diverse perspectives and experience enhance the way Carbon Direct selects and approaches the climate crisis, as well as the creativity and applicability of Carbon Direct's advisory and investment work.

Carbon Direct is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. We adhere rigorously to our equal employment opportunity policies in connection with all employment decisions, including hiring, compensation and promotion.