Head of Design and Research

What You Should Have

• You have 10+ years of professional design experience and 5+ years managing and leading design and research teams
• You have brought a customer focus to high-impact, high-visibility projects.
• You excel at written and verbal communication and use these skills to persuade and influence stakeholders toward building innovative products that uniquely resonate with customers
• You work collaboratively with Engineering, Product, and Marketing team members to drive strategy and design execution
• You have led, recruited, and scaled design teams at both startups and established companies
• You have experience systematically growing product designer and researcher skills
• Experience using UX to influence strategic decision making, communicate strategic concepts, and facilitate understanding
• Experience translating ambiguous asks and directions into clear user centric approaches
• Experience fostering divergent design thinking and shepherding radical ideas that can truly evolve products
• Experience with organizational transformation and design education to foster team growth
• Provide consultation of key team-level research, insights, and product strategy to drive quality and cohesion.
• Set the standard and foster a culture for UX design practice not only as a means to delivering solutions, but as a way of deepening understanding and driving strategic conversations in a complex problem space
  

Location:

This hybrid role is required to work at our X office for X days/week.

Compensation

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $216,000-$290,000 + potential bonus + equity + benefits. The final starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on Day 1
• Equity (ISOs)
• 401(k) program
• Family planning programs + generous paid parental leave
• Physical fitness and wellness memberships
• Emotional and mental health support programs
• Unlimited PTO + 10 federal holidays + our annual, week-long Winter Break
• Flexible work environment + support for your home office setup
• Lunch and parking reimbursement for in-office employees
• Employee Resource Groups
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Transparent culture
• Amazing mission!