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This role leads work from discovery and problem framing through product definition, prototyping, delivery, and iteration, partnering closely with Product Management, Engineering, and business stakeholders to address complex workflows and deliver meaningful business and user outcomes. The Senior Manager also leads and develops Product Design talent, establishes high standards for UX and UI quality, and advances AI-enabled approaches that improve the speed and effectiveness of product discovery, validation, and delivery.\nDuties and Responsibilities:\nLead discovery and problem framing with stakeholders to understand business processes, user needs, constraints, decision points, and opportunities and translate findings into actionable product direction.\nDevelop deep understanding of complex business domains and workflows to identify root problems, challenge assumptions, and prioritize opportunities based on business and user needs.\nModel complex systems and end-to-end workflows, including roles, handoffs, business rules, exceptions, dependencies, information architecture, and decision points, to inform effective product solutions.\nTranslate product strategy and ambiguous business problems into product concepts, desired outcomes, priorities, and coherent end-to-end experiences.\nPartner with Product Management and Engineering to shape product priorities, roadmaps, requirements, tradeoffs, and delivery decisions within established product and business strategy.\nLead iterative prototyping and evaluation of product concepts, partnering with Engineering to test assumptions, assess feasibility, compare alternatives, and reduce delivery risk.\nLead product design through delivery and iteration, establishing and maintaining high standards for product thinking, interaction design, information architecture, visual design, and overall user experience.\nDefine measures of product and experience success and use research, usability testing, product signals, analytics, and user feedback to evaluate outcomes and inform ongoing product decisions.\nManage and develop Product Design team members by setting expectations, delegating ownership, managing performance, providing feedback and coaching, and supporting professional development.\nAdvance AI-enabled design practices and communicate product direction and recommendations to stakeholders, using emerging AI, research, and prototyping capabilities to accelerate learning while building alignment around priorities, tradeoffs, and proposed investments.\nEducation and/or Experience:\nRequired:\nBachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Product Management, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.\nA minimum of 8 years of experience in product design or related roles, including demonstrated experience leading product design initiatives and teams through discovery, definition, prototyping, delivery, and iteration.\nExperience designing complex enterprise products, workflows, or platforms involving multiple personas, handoffs, business rules, exceptions, and information dependencies.\nDemonstrated ability to analyze ambiguous business problems, develop domain knowledge, challenge assumptions, evaluate competing approaches, and translate findings into effective product solutions.\nExperience partnering with Product Management, Engineering, and business stakeholders to inform product direction, requirements, feasibility, priorities, tradeoffs, and delivery decisions.\nDemonstrated experience managing and developing design professionals, including setting expectations, delegating work, providing feedback and coaching, and managing performance.\nExperience applying AI-enabled tools and approaches to product design, research, prototyping, or product development.\nStrong communication and influence skills, with the ability to articulate product rationale, recommendations, tradeoffs, and outcomes to stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.\nAbility to manage competing priorities and exercise sound judgment in a fast-moving environment.\nPortfolio demonstrating product thinking, problem framing, workflow and systems design, prototyping, validation, interaction and visual design, and measurable product or user outcomes.\nPreferred:\nExperience in a professional services environment, such as legal, financial services, accounting, or consulting.\nExperience designing or leading AI-enabled products, workflows, or platforms.\nProduct Management experience, training, or relevant certification.\nExperience establishing or scaling design standards, design systems, or shared product patterns.\nExperience using product analytics, UX metrics, and qualitative feedback to evaluate outcomes and inform product priorities.\nHands-on experience with AI-enabled and code-based prototyping tools.\nOther Skills and Abilities:\nThe following will also be required of the successful candidate:\nStrong organizational skills\nStrong attention to detail\nGood judgment\nStrong interpersonal communication skills\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills\nAble to work harmoniously and effectively with others\nAble to preserve confidentiality and exercise discretion\nAble to work under pressure\nAble to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities\nApplicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or in the future\nThe target salary range for this role is:\n$141,400 - $211,200 if located in Illinois or Texas.Salaries vary by location and are based on numerous factors, including, but not limited to, the relevant market, skills, experience, and education of the selected candidate. Our compensation package also includes bonus eligibility and a comprehensive benefits program. Benefits information can be found at Sidley.com/Benefits.\nTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the Duties and Responsibilities above satisfactorily and meet the requirements. The requirements listed above are representative of the minimum knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. If you need such an accommodation, please email  (current employees should contact Human Resources).\nSidley Austin LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6592,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Legal Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-14T12:24:39Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":79,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.875,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":22,"expected_fill_days":40,"reasons":["conf:5","velocity","win:mid"],"computed_at":"2026-10-22T06:10:10Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":211200,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/sidley-product-design-senior-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/sidley-product-design-senior-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-22T17:11:45Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":18050,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":15213},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=15213"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsidley-product-design-senior-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsidley-product-design-senior-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsidley-product-design-senior-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/sidley-product-design-senior-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsidley-product-design-senior-manager"}]}