**Senior Manager of Product Design** **Hybrid, Towson, MD, United States** **Come make the world and accelerate your success.** It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of approximately 48,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®. **The Job:** As a **Senior Manager of Product Design** , you’ll be part of our Corporate Information Technology team working as a remote employee. We are seeking a visionary yet hands-on Senior Manager of Product Design to lead the exploration, design, and validation of innovative digital experiences. This strategic role sits at the intersection of design, technology, and business, ensuring that our products are not only user-centered and visually engaging but also aligned with measurable business outcomes. The ideal candidate combines a designer’s craft with a product thinker’s mindset—driving the creative process from customer insight to digital impact. This leader will champion design-led discovery, foster AI-enabled experimentation, and cultivate a culture of continuous innovation to deliver high-performing digital solutions that drive growth and differentiation. You will also get to: **Exploration & Innovation** + Lead early-stage concepting, design sprints, and opportunity framing. + Integrate AI and generative tools to accelerate ideation and prototyping. + Promote a culture of iterative design, experimentation, and learning. **Digital Product Design Leadership** + Define and execute a modern, scalable design strategy across platforms. + Partner cross-functionally to align design outcomes with customer needs and business goals. + Ensure a consistent, high-quality design language throughout the product ecosystem. **Design Systems & Operational Excellence** + Develop and maintain a cohesive design system focused on speed, coherence, and accessibility. + Streamline design workflows with AI-enabled tools and automation. + Improve collaboration and design-to-dev handoffs through systemized practices. **Team Development & Mentorship** + Inspire, mentor, and grow a multidisciplinary product design team. + Set clear expectations, foster ownership, and build an inclusive team culture. + Facilitate professional development and creative growth. **Data-Informed Product Thinking** + Use research insights, usability data, and analytics to drive design decisions. + Lead A/B testing and AI-driven prototyping to validate ideas at speed. + Align design initiatives with KPIs such as conversion, engagement, retention, and velocity. **The Person:** You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have: + Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Design, HCI, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience). + 8+ years of digital product design experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership role. + Proven track record of turning complex problems into intuitive and elegant digital solutions. + Expertise in UX/UI principles, responsive design, and product development lifecycles. + Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end design thinking and execution **Preferred Qualifications** + Proficiency with tools such as Figma, InVision, and emerging AI-enabled design platforms. + Experience building and scaling design systems within fast-paced product environments. + Strong storytelling and communication skills to influence stakeholders and advocate for design. + Familiarity with agile methodologies and working in cross-functional product teams. + Passion for innovation, experimentation, and staying ahead of industry trends. **The Details:** You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including: + Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being. + Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs. **And More:** We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to: + _Grow:_ Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths. + _Learn:_ Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal. + _Belong:_ Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for a wide range of perspectives and experiences. + _Give Back:_ Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices. What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us! \#LI-NM1 \#LI-Hybrid The base pay range for this position in Maryland is 108,000 – 194,400 USD Annual per year. Pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A sign-on payment may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Applicants should apply via Stanley Black and Decker’s internal or external careers site. **_We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too._** Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights. **Who We Are** We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company. **Benefits & Perks** You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners. **What You’ll Also Get** Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths. **Learning & Development:** Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities). **Diverse & Inclusive Culture:** We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too. **Purpose-Driven Company:** You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices. **EEO Statement:** All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete an application or access our website, please contact us at (860) 827-3923 or at accommodations@sbdinc.com . Due to volume, we cannot respond to unrelated inquiries about the status of a completed application or resetting an account password. Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal (eeoc.gov) (http://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf)