Director of Product Design and Research

Responsibilities:

• Set the direction and vision for the product design function
• Manage and grow your team of product leaders and designers
• Define research questions and methodological approach
• Lead the execution of design and user research programs, including data collection, analysis, and synthesis of results
• Create the team cadences and rituals that will lead your team to success and ensure cross-pollination of thought
• Set standards and best practices and curate tools and workflow
• Collaborate with your peer leads in engineering and product to ensure the overall process is working within cross-functional teams
• Be responsible and accountable for upholding what good design is and promoting that within the organization
• Participate in the sales cycle and help to plan and estimate project proposals
• Lead and set direction for new client efforts, and/or oversee lead designers in that function
• Assist in curating our internal branding and marketing
• Work with company management to set and report on KPIs and measures of success
• Collaborate with strategy and analytics to ensure our products are creating a measurable impact for our clients and that data is bing leveraged appropriately to inform design decisions
• Create, stand up, and help to sell new design services or capabilities

Who you are / Job Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in design and research management at a top consumer technology company or consumer focused healthcare or health- tech company
• 3+ years of direct management experience in growing design and research teams and career pathing for individuals and managers
• MBA or Bachelor's degree in Design or similar field or equivalent work experience
• A strong background working in creative departments and within the tech industry
• A proven history of running a team and/or managing people
• Background preferred with -
• Creative / Art direction
• Graphic Design
• Interaction / Product Design
• Design systems
• Information Architecture
• User Research
• Motion design
• Copywriting
• Product management / Product thinking
• Client management experience
• A clear understanding of graphic design and UI design fundamentals
• An interest in learning and contributing to product strategy and its related exercises - stakeholder workshops, design sprints, analytics, research, etc.
• A love for both art direction, brand and product design

• Venture backed by top-tier firms
• The opportunity ahead knows no bounds
• Open vacation policy for salaried team members
• Front Loaded PTO for hourly team members
• Employee discounts
• Paid parental leave
• Health benefits
• 401(k)