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Salary: USD 175,000 - 210,000 / annual
CLEAR is building a secure identity platform transforming how people live, work, and travel. With 43+ million members and a growing global partner network, CLEAR delivers frictionless experiences across airports, stadiums, and everyday life.
As Manager of Product Design, you will lead a talented design team while remaining hands-on with design work. You'll take end-to-end ownership of core initiatives, guiding your team through complex identity and verification journeys to deliver intuitive, trusted experiences. Working closely with Product, Engineering, internal stakeholders, and business leaders, you'll translate user insights into impactful solutions, foster designer growth, and elevate design excellence across the organization.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning high-impact initiatives end-to-end—from discovery and conceptual development through prototyping, execution, and launch—while setting the benchmark for design craft
- Mentoring Product Designers through strategic direction, constructive critique, and targeted growth opportunities
- Providing actionable guidance across the product development lifecycle to ensure high standards of usability, craft, and visual consistency
- Strategically balancing your time between direct design contributions and team oversight based on business priorities
- Collaborating with Product and Engineering leadership to translate user needs and business objectives into intuitive digital experiences
- Leveraging user insights, analytics, and experimentation to eliminate friction and strengthen product experience
- Refining design systems and cross-functional workflows to enhance team velocity, alignment, and product coherence
Success will be measured by measurable improvements in completion rates and verification metrics, high-impact initiatives you design directly, quality and consistency of team deliverables, growth and ownership of your designers, and speed and effectiveness of cross-functional work from discovery through launch.
Qualifications:
- 8+ years in product design, including 2+ years managing or leading designers
- Track record of leading and developing Product Designers while doing hands-on design work, with a strong point of view on product design and craft
- Portfolio demonstrating high-quality digital experiences you designed and how you used customer insight to solve complex product problems
- Experience giving clear, actionable design feedback and creating an environment where designers grow in ownership
- Skill in partnering with Product and Engineering to navigate ambiguity, prioritize opportunities, and move products from concept to launch
- Ability to balance customer needs, business outcomes, technical constraints, privacy, and security while moving quickly
- Comfort switching between your own design work and guiding team projects with good judgment about where your time has the most impact
