Skyscanner is a leading global travel search site and app, a place where people are inspired to plan and book direct from millions of travel options at the best prices. We employ over 1000 staff across ten offices globally, and, having reached market leader status, we were recently acquired by Chinese online travel company Ctrip in a deal valued at £1.4bn. While we remain operationally independent, our acquisition by Ctrip allows us to take the business to the next level of accelerated global growth. It’s a hugely exciting time for Skyscanner and the over 100m people who use us every month. We are unbiased and free, and our secret is in our unique proprietary technology that connects people directly to everything the travel industry has to offer.
We’re looking for a seasoned designer, leader and collaborator, with an amazing track in hands on directing, crafting and building world class products.
What we are looking for as a Design Manager:
- Strong product design background, with a clear idea of what great looks like across the relevant sub-disciplines (mental modelling, UI and interaction patterns, visual and motion, research, etc)
- A profound understanding of how great design drives key KPIs, such as conversion rates, as well overall business OKRs
- Able to point to success in complex, consumer-facing international businesses, having solved difficult product challenges across multiple platforms, services and use cases
- An inspiring designer and manager, capable of raising and setting new standards
- A proven track record in being highly effective at cross-functional stakeholder management – you will be ‘The Glue’
- A strong and credible contributor to executive team decision-making, with an empowering and collaborative leadership style
- Highly analytical, with a structured problem-solving approach, metrics/KPI driven, embedding a culture of data and fact-based decision-making across the design team
- Razor-sharp focus, and the ability to ‘cut through noise’ to make sound and rapid commercial decisions