About the Role
The Head of Design will lead the creative direction of the company's product experience, manage a growing design team, and ensure design excellence is embedded throughout the development lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the long-term design vision across all platforms and products
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of product and UX designers
- Establish design systems and scalable processes to maintain consistency
- Collaborate with product leaders to integrate design into strategic planning
- Ensure user-centered principles guide product development cycles
- Drive research initiatives to understand user behaviors and pain points
- Translate business objectives into intuitive and effective design solutions
- Advocate for design quality and usability across the organization
- Partner with engineering to ensure feasible and accurate implementation
- Present design strategies and outcomes to executives and stakeholders
- Balance innovation with practical constraints in fast-moving environments
- Oversee the creation of wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs
- Promote a culture of iteration, testing, and continuous improvement
- Align design workflows with agile development practices
- Integrate accessibility standards into all design deliverables
- Manage timelines and priorities for design initiatives
- Evaluate design performance using qualitative and quantitative metrics
- Represent the design function in company-wide planning discussions
- Foster collaboration between design and customer support teams
- Stay current with industry trends and emerging design technologies
Compensation
Competitive salary and equity package
Work Arrangement
Hybrid work model with flexibility for remote and in-office collaboration
Team
Cross-functional product organization with close collaboration between design, engineering, and product management
Culture
- We value transparency, collaboration, and a user-first mindset across all teams
- Design is treated as a strategic function with direct influence on product decisions
Growth Opportunities
- Opportunity to shape the design organization as the company scales
- Direct involvement in executive-level planning and roadmap development
Available for qualified candidates requiring sponsorship
