Product Design Director

The Role

• Coach, grow, mentor, and lead a talented team of Product Designers through the most challenging, yet creatively stimulating work of their careers
• Lead, facilitate, and refine the way our design team works across the organization by ensuring that we’re constantly striving to create the best possible environment for incredible design results to emerge from
• Collaborate with our Chief Design Officer to uphold a strong sense of design culture across the entire organization by facilitating regular design rituals including stand-ups, design reviews, demos, and critiques
• Drive collaboration between multiple cross-functional partners, including Product, Engineering, and Brand, to shape design vision and strategy and contribute towards key business outcomes
• Occasionally be hands-on with design work to support the team and keep designers focused on deeper work
• Apply your technical design expertise to constantly raise the bar and ensure your team achieves extraordinary results at the high technical level we set

Who You Are

• 5+ years of proven experience as a Design Manager or similar role 
• 8+ years of hands-on experience as a Product Designer or similar Design role
• Proven track record of collaborating with engineers and product managers to deliver strong design work that contributes to desired business outcomes
• You have a strong portfolio of work you've designed, and shipped, as well as examples of work your team delivered under your leadership
• Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments and get excited about finding solutions to complex problems – and then executing on them
• Enthusiasm about people-management and other leadership responsibilities including hiring, training, and developing your team
• First-principles thinker that can work with others to come up with pragmatic solutions
• Ability to keep up with the industry trends and can assess new tools and techniques as things change
• Bonus: Experience at a high-growth tech company