Design Operations Manager

Description

At monday.com , we’re building a platform that helps millions of people work better - together. Our customers depend on us to manage, understand, and improve their workflows, and to make better decisions - fast. Design plays a central role in that mission, helping us craft products that are powerful, intuitive, and a delight to use.

We’re looking for a Design Operations Manager to join our growing product design teams in London and Tel Aviv. The team is currently over 85 people and will be over 100 by the end of 2026.

Your mission is to enable the Product Design team to drive meaningful business impact, set everyone up for success with the right rhythm of business, build and implement processes to foster our culture, grow our internal talent and maintain high design standards and ensure everyone can do the best work of their lives.

About The Role

• Build the operational backbone of the Product Design guild — ensuring that people, processes, and tools work seamlessly to enable designers to focus on what they do best: delivering impactful experience that drives business results.
• Connect strategy to execution by optimizing workflows, improving cross-site collaboration, and building consistency and clarity across teams
• Develop, maintain, and optimize programs and processes to ensure efficiency and productivity of our design teams, with a special focus on driving AI adoption.
• Work in conjunction with cross functional partners and stakeholders on cross functional initiatives (Product Ops, Research Ops, Eng and PM's).
• Define and measure impact of programs and initiatives both qualitatively and quantitatively, continually refining and iterating to ensure their usage and adoption.
• Collaborate closely with the Senior Design Leadership to define and drive our product strategy.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, growth and excellence.
• Manage a small team of Design Ops Leads, keeping them focused & impactful and helping them grow.
• Source and manage operational budgets, vendor relationships and contracts.
• Keep the design teams across London and Tel Aviv in sync with OKRs and objectives.
• Foster strong, collaborative relationships between design, product, and engineering teams, ensuring smooth communication and alignment on shared goals.
• Own and facilitate strategic Design team meetings to drive progress against goals and objectives and establish clear next steps and owners, while resolving blockers.
  
  

• Minimum of 6 years of experience leading Product Design Operations and managing complex workflows across multiple cross-functional teams and geographical locations.
• Demonstrated expertise in driving time-critical projects from inception to completion while effectively managing competing priorities and diverse stakeholder groups.
• Proven track record of successfully defining, implementing, and optimizing processes and programs that measurably enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of Design teams.
• Ability to operate under your own initiative and without oversight.
• A strong understanding of design and the ability to effectively support teams working at the forefront of UI, interaction and motion design.
• Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with a proven ability to scale impact and influence outcomes without authority.
• A passion for building scalable process and structure, balanced with the flexibility and adaptability required to support a dynamic environment.
• Experience in vendor and contractor management.
• Previous managerial experience is an advantage.
  
  

• You’ll shape the future of how millions of people work — with visible impact across our product.
• You’ll support an organization that builds experiences which bring together human creativity and AI to help users work smarter, not harder.
• You’ll join a design organization that’s empowered, respected, and drives strategic value at every level.
• You’ll be part of a company that’s global, fast-moving, and deeply invested in individual and team growth.
• You’ll help define how design leadership looks at monday.com — and build a culture that scales with integrity and ambition.