SaT-VB-Manager

SaT-Manager-Venture Building-India Garage Team

Job Description

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all. 

GDS SaT – EY-Parthenon – Venture Building

At EY-Parthenon, we have been investing heavily in our Venture Building practice and scaling our capabilities to re-imagine the anatomy of our clients' organizations to either turbocharge their core or build new digital-native businesses.

The Venture Building practice is a growing global team of business entrepreneurs and builders, product experts, designers, and engineers and along with deep industry insights to provoke unconventional thinking, partners with organizations to re-imagine and scale-up a portfolio of digital centric business models. We help our clients innovate at the speed of a start-up, leveraging their core strengths to deliver breakthrough impact fast and with targeted capital investment.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Design Manager to join EY-Parthenon’s Venture Building practice. In this role, you will lead a team of designers and ensure the delivery of high-quality design outputs across presentation materials, digital product interfaces, and video content. As a key member of our practice, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create compelling visual narratives that bring innovative business concepts to life. Part art and part science, our team’s work is best conveyed through original, visually creative collateral rather than conventional consulting firm slides.

Your key responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Manage, mentor, and develop a team of designers with diverse skill sets in presentation design, UX/UI, and video production
• Project Management: Oversee multiple design workstreams simultaneously, allocating resources efficiently and ensuring deadlines are met

• Quality Assurance: Establish and maintain design standards, review deliverables, and provide constructive feedback to ensure exceptional output quality
• Client / Internal Team Engagement: Translate client / internal team requirements into creative design briefs and present design concepts to stakeholders
• Strategic Input (for product prototypes, POCs): Contribute to the strategic direction of design solutions that align with business objectives and user needs
• Design Process Optimization: Implement efficient workflows and methodologies to increase productivity, design excellence and turnaround time
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with business entrepreneurs, strategy consultants, product managers, and developers to create cohesive, intuitive designs and solutions
• Innovation Facilitation: Lead design thinking workshops and innovation sessions with clients and internal teams
• Brand Guardianship: Ensure design deliverables adhere to client brand guidelines while maintaining creative integrity
• Trend Awareness: Stay current with emerging design trends, technologies, and methodologies relevant to Corporate Venture Building

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Visual Communications, or related field (Master's degree preferred)
• 7+ years of professional design experience with at least 3 years in a leadership role
• Experience managing design projects in corporate environments
• Strong portfolio demonstrating excellence in presentation design, UX/UI, and multimedia content
• Knowledge of user-centered design methodologies and design thinking approaches
• Understanding of digital product development processes and agile methodologies
• Proficiency in English
• Background in creating pitch decks and visual materials for executive audiences
• Proficiency in the following tools:
  • Graphic/Visual Design: Adobe CC Suite (Photoshop/Illustrator/XD); Figma, etc.;
  • Digital (animated) Mockups/Interaction design: Figma, Principle, Marvel or similar
  • Video editing / motion graphics: Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, etc.
  • Others: working with Mac & MS Office (PowerPoint, Keynote), Design Collaboration tools like Mural/Miro

Skills and attributes for success

• Leadership Acumen: Ability to inspire and motivate creative teams to produce their best work
• Strategic Thinking: Capacity to connect design decisions to business objectives and user needs
• Client Focus: Commitment to understanding client challenges and delivering solutions that exceed expectations
• Communication Excellence: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills for articulating design rationales
• Independent, Problem-Solving Mindset: Aptitude for addressing complex design challenges and/or general or open-ended design briefs with innovative solutions
• Adaptability: Flexibility to pivot based on feedback and changing project requirements
• Detail Orientation: Meticulous attention to detail while maintaining a holistic view of projects
• Time Management: Ability to prioritize tasks effectively and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Emotional Intelligence: Skill in navigating interpersonal dynamics and providing constructive feedback
• Business Acumen: Understanding of how design contributes to business value and growth

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Demonstrated experience managing design teams in a corporate environment
• Expert knowledge of presentation design principles for executive-level communications
• Strong understanding of UX/UI design fundamentals and digital product development
• Experience with video editing and multimedia content creation
• Track record of successful client-facing roles and stakeholder management
• Portfolio showing a range of high-quality design work across multiple mediums
• Experience implementing and maintaining design systems and standards
• Proven ability to translate complex information into compelling visual narratives
• Bachelor's degree in a design-related field or equivalent practical experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience working in a management consulting firm, start up or innovation lab
• Familiarity with design research methodologies and user testing
• Knowledge of emerging technologies (AI-driven design, etc.)
• Experience with remote team management and global collaboration
• Additional qualifications in business, project management, or related disciplines

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations – Argentina, China, India, the Philippines, Poland and the UK – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

 Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.

Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.

Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.

Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.