Senior Manager of Product Design

• Runna’s product design team has grown quickly, and we’re adding a senior design leader to help it scale. As Senior Manager, Product Design, you’ll own the craft, quality, and direction of design across several of Runna’s core user journeys, leading a small team of designers while staying hands‑on in the work yourself
• Reporting to our Director of Product Design, you’ll be a close partner to Product and Engineering, and help shape what design at Runna becomes as we grow within Strava Group
• You’ll join Runna’s product design team, a group of around 10 designers building the experiences that help runners train, improve, and stay motivated. It’s a team that cares deeply about craft and about the runners we serve, and this is a rare moment to help shape its culture and standards as the function scales. You’ll work closely with our new Director of Product Design and with Product and Engineering leaders across the business
• Own the design quality and direction for several of Runna’s core user journeys, setting a clear point of view on where the experience should go
• Lead and develop a small team of designers (with the potential to manage a manager as the team grows) through consistent coaching, feedback, and 1:1s
• Stay hands‑on in the craft, giving precise, substantive feedback and setting the standard through your own taste and judgment
• Run design reviews and drive alignment on design direction across your journeys
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering leaders to shape strategy and ship work at a high bar
• Raise the craft bar across the team, establishing standards and a culture where quality is expected and named
• Contribute to Runna’s broader design system, design culture, and design leadership team

Benefits

• Own a part of Runna: We want you to own a part of the company you’re building. Everyone who joins Runna receives a generous stock options package
• Grow with us: As one of our early hires, you’ll have a unique opportunity to shape and influence Runna’s product and culture from the beginning
• Learn and develop: We work with all of the latest tools and technologies so you can learn at the cutting edge of product development
• Team socials: We’re a friendly bunch and like to make work‑like fun, whether that’s lunches and dinners or our bi‑weekly team run
• Paid vacation: We want people to take time off to rest and rejuvenate. Runna offers 25 vacation days + bank holidays
• Tools: You’ll receive all new equipment including a laptop, running watch of your choice, and anything else you need to do your best work
• Get paid to Run(na): We have a dedicated hour block each week where you’ll get paid to run! Whether you want to build up to your first 5k or do that tough intervals sessions it’s up to you!
• Enhanced family care: 3 months fully paid when you welcome a new Runna into the family, as well as fertility support & a host of other benefits

• Experience with health, fitness, sport, or community‑driven consumer products, subscription apps, or AI‑powered features (like Runna’s coaching) is a plus
• Genuine hands‑on design ability: a player/coach who sets the craft standard through your own taste and judgment, not management alone
• A track record of raising craft across a team, setting standards and building a culture where quality is expected and named
• Substantial experience managing and developing product designers, and owning design direction across a multi‑product or multi‑journey portfolio
• Experience designing consumer products at scale (an app or platform with a significant user base)
• The ability to set and articulate a clear design vision, and bring others along with it
• You’re based in London, or ready to relocate here
• Experience managing other managers is a plus, as this role may grow into a manager‑of‑managers remit
• Strong senior partnership with Product and Engineering, including the ability to influence without authority