Lead Product Designer

📋 Description

• Lead major design initiatives across various product areas to drive significant business outcomes, guiding cross-functional teams through intricate design challenges.

• Establish and scale the design system, implementing governance, documentation, and adoption processes to ensure consistency and efficiency across all product touchpoints.

• Collaborate with Product and Engineering leadership to integrate design thinking into organizational strategy and roadmap planning, influencing product decisions at the executive level.

• Conduct strategic user research to shape product direction and business strategy, utilizing data and analytics to measure design impact on business metrics.

• Mentor and foster designers at all levels, facilitating design critiques and fostering feedback cultures to enhance team performance.

• Lead cross-functional brainstorming sessions to solve complex problems, developing solutions that merge design, business goals, and technology to advance design-centric initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of professional experience as a Product Designer, with a track record of progressive impact and a portfolio demonstrating strategic thinking and design leadership.

• Proven experience in driving significant design initiatives that positively influenced business outcomes, including establishing design processes in growing organizations.

• Familiarity with leveraging AI, automation, and emerging technologies in design, with a focus on creating AI-driven features while considering ethical implications.

• Ability to shape product strategy and business decisions through design expertise, including leading cross-functional teams and building consensus among diverse stakeholders.

• Proficiency in user research methodologies and strategic research planning, with the ability to prioritize competing demands and make strategic decisions.

• Expertise in design tools and systems, with experience scaling design operations and a strong grasp of technical constraints and development processes.

• Proven track record of mentoring and developing design talent at multiple levels, with strong communication and presentation skills for senior leadership and executive teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive employer-sponsored healthcare coverage (100% premium for employees and 75% for eligible dependents).

• Various medical plans available, including HSA employer contribution for HDHP enrollees.

• Dental, Vision, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Life Insurance coverage.

• Optional Life Insurance, Flexible Savings Account, and 401(k) match.

• Mental wellness support through Spring Health, offering therapy and coaching sessions at no cost to employees.

• Generous time-off policies including vacation, sick leave, and parental leave.

• Additional benefits like U.S. Holidays, Karat Summer Break, and Winter Break.

• Competitive compensation based on geographic location and classification.