Product Design Manager - Casino

What we’re building?

Hard Rock Digital is a fiercely focused team working to become the best online sportsbook, casino, and social gaming company in the world. We're building a deeply curious team with a passion for learning, operating, and building new products and technologies for millions of consumers. We're customer-obsessed — we care about each customer interaction, experience, behavior, and insight, and strive to ensure we're always acting authentically.

Rooted in the kindred spirits of Hard Rock and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Hard Rock Digital taps a brand known the world over as the leader in gaming, entertainment, and hospitality. We're taking that foundation of success and bringing it to the digital space - ready to join us?

About the role 

We are looking for a Product Design Manager to join our Casino team. You will lead design and delivery of essential user experiences, and workflows for the Casino (Lobby, tournaments, jackpots, categories, widgets and more) that enhance player discovery and engagement. 

This role is for a design leader who excels at both strategic oversight and hands-on execution. You'll manage a small, high-performing team of product designers, guiding them to create intuitive, elegant, and accessible mobile-first, native app user experiences that meet our high standards and enhance the features our customers already love. 

We're looking for a passionate and flexible leader who thrives in a fast-paced startup environment. You'll be an example of cross-functional collaboration, foster a growth mindset, and maintain high design integrity throughout all end-to-end design efforts. 

What will you do?

You'll be part of a rapidly growing team, reporting to the Product Design Director, and will collaborate closely with cross-functional partners across Product, Engineering, and Marketing. 

• Optimize casino user flows and drive significant improvements focusing on enhancing usability and player engagement. 

• Lead and mentor Casino product designers, fostering a culture of design excellence, collaboration, and continuous professional growth. 

• Guide your team through changes and uncertainties while keeping them motivated, aligned, and inspired while effectively managing resources, workloads, and project timelines. 

• Lead design planning and execution for complex user journeys, offering hands-on guidance to designers.  

• Build a team culture that balances quality craft with delivery pace. 

• Facilitate cross-functional workshops and team rituals. 

• Participate in hiring, mentoring, and establishing team practices that improve quality and throughput. 

• Champion AI adoption on the design team — spot useful AI-assisted workflows and help the team put them into practice. 

• Help the team build AI skills to get better design requirements, PRDs, and other documents from AI tools. 

• Build strong partnerships with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to shape design strategies that directly achieve business goals. You'll act as a central point of contact across Product and Tech, ensuring clear communication and tracking of project dependencies and milestones. 

• Advocate and integrate user research, testing, and data analysis to inform design decisions and champion user needs throughout the product development process. 

• Offer clear, actionable feedback and direction to the casino design team, ensuring high-quality output and fostering a culture of continuous improvement through regular design reviews. 

• Translate complex business problems into inspiring creative opportunities through storytelling. 

• Advocate for and contribute to the design system, ensuring consistent and scalable user experiences across Casino. 

• Continuously explore and implement innovative visual and interaction design approaches, setting new standards for quality and player engagement for Casino. 

• Provide balanced and thoughtful decision-making, actively participating in the design process, and offering strategic and practical input to ensure exceptional design solutions. 

• Define and communicate a cohesive design strategy that aligns with company objectives, ensuring seamless and consistent UX across an interconnected suite of products. 

Your Domain of Influence 

A general overview of how your time and talents will be invested. However, proportions may ebb and flow depending on the masterpiece you’re creating. 

• Team Management & Development - (30%) 

• Cross-Collaboration & Influence - (40%) 

• Design Delivery & Execution - (20%) 

• Strategic Leadership - (10%)