Design Manager, Games Engagement

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

The Role

We’re seeking a highly collaborative, member-obsessed Design Manager to lead our Games Engagement & Discovery design team. This team plays a pivotal role in reimagining how games are discovered, surfaced, and celebrated across the Netflix product ecosystem—across TV, web, and mobile. You’ll guide designers building features and experiences that help members find the next game they’ll love—and expand access to new players, including non-members.

As the design leader for this space, you’ll partner closely with product, engineering, data science, and marketing to shape the future of games discovery at Netflix. You’ll foster a culture of craft, curiosity, and experimentation—balancing big, strategic swings with practical iteration across a complex, multi-surface ecosystem.

This is a remote-friendly role (within the US, Pacific time zone preferred), with periodic travel to Los Gatos or Los Angeles for in-person collaboration.

About Netflix Games and Our Vision for Discovery

Netflix Games is still early in its journey—but growing. As we expand our library and platform reach, the opportunity to redefine how members discover and play games within the Netflix ecosystem is both exciting and expansive. We aim to seamlessly integrate games into the core Netflix experience, while also exploring new entry points and marketing surfaces that introduce play to new audiences.

This work spans core product and merchandising surfaces, Game Tab vision and strategy, and emerging opportunities like Kids games and guest access. Your team will work across platforms and teams to shape how Netflix members and non-members engage with games—from their first click to sustained play.

What You Will Do

• Lead a High-Impact Team – Manage and mentor a team of talented product designers working on games discovery across multiple surfaces and features.

• Drive Strategic Exploration & Execution – Guide the team in both forward-looking exploration and near-term product iteration, identifying impactful discovery levers across surfaces and entry points.

• Shape Product Strategy – Partner with product managers, engineers, researchers, and marketers to define and execute the games engagement roadmap—from big bets to incremental optimizations.

• Deliver End-to-End Experiences – Ensure the team’s work meets a high bar across all stages—from early vision work to UX and visual design for scalable, localized, and performant products.

• Champion Member-Centric Design – Advocate for experiences that are delightful, inclusive, and easy to discover—meeting members where they are and introducing games in approachable, novel ways.

• Build Team Culture – Foster a strong, inclusive, and impact-oriented team culture rooted in trust, candor, and collaboration.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven Leadership Experience  – 10+ years of product design experience, including 4+ years managing high-performing product design teams in creative and technical domains.

• Domain Expertise  – Experience designing for content discovery, recommendation systems, or engagement surfaces—ideally across multiple platforms (TV, web, mobile).

• Strong Product Thinking – Ability to connect member needs, business goals, and platform constraints into a cohesive design strategy.

• Systems Design Fluency  – You think in terms of systems, frameworks, and interfaces, and bring a rigorous approach to designing at scale. 

• Business and Team Impact  – Demonstrated ability to make timely, high-quality decisions that advance both product goals and team growth.

• Collaborative and Context-Driven  – Comfort navigating ambiguity, guiding teams through trade-offs, and cascading context clearly across functions.

• Strong Communication & Influence  – Able to articulate design rationale to partners, advocate for design strategy, and cultivate strong relationships with XFN stakeholders.

Even Better If You Have…

• Experience in games, entertainment, or media platforms

• Familiarity with growth, engagement, or conversion-oriented design

• Experience working on notification/email strategy or cross-channel product design

• Experience working with marketing, CRM, or external publishing teams

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Shaping the Future – You’ll help define what a world-class game platform looks like for Netflix—and the industry.

• Designing for Designers & Developers  – You’ll work on challenging, meaningful problems that unlock creativity in others.

• Collaborative Culture  – Join a highly talented, kind, and curious team that believes great ideas can come from anywhere.

• Room to Grow  – We invest in our leaders—through mentorship, feedback, and opportunities to stretch.

• High Autonomy, High Trust  – You’ll have the freedom to chart your team’s path, with the support to execute boldly.

At Netflix, we carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors to determine your personal top of market. We rely on market indicators to determine compensation and consider your specific job, skills, and experience to get it right. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary and will also be dependent on your location. The overall market range for roles in this area of Netflix is typically $270,000 - $700,000. This market range is based on total compensation (vs. only base salary), which is in line with our compensation philosophy. Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here. 

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.