Manager Design
Saegus · Paris, Île-de-France, France
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- On site
- Full-time
- €85,000 / year
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
Job highlights
- Lead design transformation for major clients.
- Develop design strategy and value proposition.
- Manage design & product programs end-to-end.
- Build and lead a team of designers.
- Drive business development for design services.
About the role
About Saegus
Saegus is an independent consulting firm specializing in transformation through Data and Artificial Intelligence. We support general management, business, and IT departments of large organizations in designing and implementing Data & AI strategies that can sustainably transform their operational models. Our conviction: data only has value when it is reliable, industrialized, and mobilized for high-impact business decisions. Our mission: to help organizations reinvent their uses through digital and AI, without ever losing the human touch.
Our Ambition in an Accelerating Market
In a market experiencing rapid acceleration around AI and Data, we have a clear ambition: to become a leading player in Data & IA transformation consulting.
Join the Smart Experience Factory as a Manager Design
To support this ambition, we are strengthening our teams and looking for a Manager Design Smart Experience Factory – a design leader who speaks as fluently in business as in creation, capable of selling, structuring, and delivering.
You will be integrated into the Smart Experience Factory team, our Design & Tech studio: a space where we imagine and build useful, usable, and desirable products, applications, and services. We combine strategic design, product thinking, agility, emerging technologies, and AI. We also support the creation of intranet hubs transformed into genuine employee experiences. Our daily work involves designing, delivering, and ensuring adoption.
From prototyping to production, from consulting to execution, we are involved in product innovation, delivery, internal transformation, and engagement. We see things through: immersive adoption devices, communication plans, and event formats that transform a solution into real usage.
Your Role
As a Design Manager, you are at the heart of our ambition: to make design a strategic lever for transformation.
You Will Contribute To:
- Developing our presence in Design subjects with major clients.
- Structuring and embodying our Design value proposition (Experience, Product, Service).
- Leading user-centric transformation programs, from scoping to adoption.
You will evolve in an environment where creativity, rigor, and business impact go hand in hand.
Your Responsibilities
🎨 Develop and Embody Design Expertise
- You hold a strong vision of design as a lever for transformation.
- You contribute to structuring our offers around: Experience Design (UX/UI, CX, EX), Product Design & Product Thinking, Strategic Design & Innovation.
- You actively participate in the firm's influence (speaking engagements, publications, events).
📈 Develop a Portfolio of Strategic Accounts
- You identify and develop opportunities around Design & Product topics.
- You support clients in structuring their challenges: transformation of customer or employee experience, product or platform redesign, user adoption and engagement.
🧭 Lead Design Pre-Sales
- You build differentiating value propositions, combining design vision, product approach, and technological feasibility.
- You present and defend user-centric and impact-driven approaches.
⚙️ Manage Design & Product Programs
- You manage missions end-to-end: discovery (user research, scoping, product vision definition), experience design (journeys, interfaces, prototyping), agile delivery (MVP, iterations, scaling).
- You guarantee: the quality of design deliverables, the consistency of experiences, the adoption of designed solutions.
🤝 Support Decision-Makers
- You work with business, digital, or innovation directors to: structure their design & product strategy, disseminate a user-centric culture, align business, experience, and technology objectives.
- You play a key role as a sparring partner on their structuring decisions.
🚀 Structure and Grow the Design Practice
- You contribute to growing the Design practice within the Factory: structuring methods, tools, and assets; developing partnerships (design tools, innovation, AI); animating the design community.
👥 Develop Talents
- You manage a team of designers (UX/UI, Product Designers) and hybrid profiles.
- You contribute to: their skill development, their career progression, the dissemination of a demanding and collaborative design culture.
👉 Learn more about our Smart Experience Factory.
Your Profile
We are looking for a leader capable of bridging design, business, and delivery.
- 7+ years of experience in consulting, agency, or design studio.
- Degree from a design school, business school, or engineering school.
- Strong expertise in experience design and/or product design.
- Ability to hold a strategic vision of design.
- Experience in business development (ideally on design/product topics).
- Experience in managing a creative and multidisciplinary team.
- Product and agile delivery culture.
- Sensitivity to tech and AI challenges applied to design.
- Fluent French and English, both written and spoken.
What You Will Develop at Saegus
By joining Saegus, you will evolve in an environment that combines: the rigor of strategic consulting, advanced technological expertise, and an entrepreneurial culture. As a manager, you will manage a profit center, activate recruitment and marketing levers, and represent Saegus and its expertise at trade shows and events. You will work on Design transformation programs for major players in various sectors.
What We Offer You...
💪 Training and Career Development
- A training day included in your onboarding during your first month to share fundamentals and answer your questions.
- Access to an internal coach and consultant to support you daily (specific questions, help, skill development).
- An ambitious training and certification plan (minimum 1 certification offered per year).
🕶️ Benefits
- Reimbursement of your transport costs (100% reimbursement of your Navigo pass or sustainable mobility forfait up to €700/year for use and help with purchasing soft mobility equipment).
- Restaurant vouchers at €216/month, 60% covered by Saegus (Swile card).
- Vacation bonus (paid in June).
- Phone allowance €25/month.
- Profit-sharing bonus based on company results.
- Saegus covers 75% of your mutual insurance.
👋 Cohesion and conviviality
- Organization of two activities per month (fun, solidarity, or excellence) by our Team Anim'.
- An annual seminar to foster cohesion among Saegus employees.
- Access to Saegus premises, very welcoming in the center of Paris, especially during our monthly Saeg'Up events.
🤝 Recruitment Process
The recruitment process consists of a maximum of 3 phases:
- Pre-qualification interview with the Talent team.
- Interview with a director or associate of the Smart Experience Factory to discuss the missions.
- Presentation of a Business Plan with the Associates, followed by a discussion over coffee with the team.
Saegus places diversity and equal opportunities at the heart of its concerns and commits in its recruitment to select candidates solely on the basis of professional criteria.
Key skills/competency
- Design Management
- UX/UI Design
- Product Design
- Strategic Design
- Agile Delivery
- Team Leadership
- Business Development
- Client Relationship Management
- Innovation Strategy
- User Experience (UX)
Skills & topics
- Manager Design
- Design Leadership
- UX/UI Design
- Product Design
- Strategic Design
- Consulting
- Data Transformation
- AI Transformation
- Agile Delivery
- Team Management
- Business Development
- Client Engagement
- Digital Transformation
- CX Design
- EX Design
- Paris
- France
- Consulting Firm
- Design Studio
- Tech and AI
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight your 7+ years of consulting experience, design expertise, and team leadership.
- Showcase your portfolio: Prepare examples of your strategic design, UX/UI, and product design work.
- Prepare for the process: Be ready for pre-qualification, director interviews, and a Business Plan presentation.
- Demonstrate business acumen: Emphasize your ability to link design, business, and delivery.
- Research Saegus: Understand their focus on Data, AI, and user-centric transformation.
Technical preparation
Behavioral questions
Frequently asked questions
- What is Saegus' Smart Experience Factory?
- The Smart Experience Factory at Saegus is their design and technology studio. It's where they imagine and build useful, usable, and desirable products, applications, and services by combining strategic design, product thinking, agility, emerging technologies, and AI. They focus on the entire lifecycle from conception to adoption and user engagement.
- What are the key responsibilities of a Manager Design at Saegus?
- As a Manager Design, you will develop and embody design expertise, structure offers around UX/UI, Product Design, and Strategic Design, lead design pre-sales, manage design and product programs end-to-end, support decision-makers with their design strategy, structure and grow the design practice, and develop/manage a team of designers.
- What kind of experience is required for the Manager Design role at Saegus?
- Saegus is looking for a leader with 7+ years of experience in consulting, agency, or design studio environments. Key requirements include strong expertise in experience design and/or product design, ability to hold a strategic design vision, business development experience, team management skills, product and agile delivery culture, and a sensitivity to tech and AI in design.
- How does Saegus support career development for its Managers?
- Saegus offers a robust career development path including a dedicated onboarding training day, access to an internal coach and consultant for daily support, and an ambitious training and certification plan with at least one certification offered annually. As a manager, you'll also gain experience managing a profit center.
- What is the recruitment process like for the Manager Design position at Saegus?
- The recruitment process at Saegus is designed to be efficient, with a maximum of three phases. It typically begins with a pre-qualification interview with the Talent team, followed by an interview with a director or associate of the Smart Experience Factory. The final stage involves presenting a Business Plan to the Associates, concluded with a discussion.
- How does Saegus promote diversity and inclusion in its hiring?
- Saegus is committed to diversity and equal opportunities. They ensure that candidates are selected solely based on professional criteria, fostering an inclusive environment where all qualified individuals are considered.
- What are the benefits offered to a Manager Design at Saegus?