Director, Product Design
On behalf of our client, we are seeking an experienced Director of Product Design to lead their innovative platform's user experience and interface design. This role offers a rare opportunity to shape the product design strategy at a high-growth startup, deliver impactful user experiences, and drive meaningful business outcomes by leading a talented in-house design team.
Key Responsibilities
- Vision & Strategy: Define and champion the product design vision, ensuring alignment with business goals and user needs.
- Design Systems: Build and maintain a cohesive, scalable design system to ensure consistency across products and platforms while maximizing reuse and development velocity.
- Team Leadership: Recruit, mentor, and inspire a team of product designers, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Process Integration: Collaborate with product leadership to design and implement processes that integrate product management, design, and engineering into the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Facilitate workshops and design reviews, driving alignment across teams and departments.
- Design Excellence: Lead the creation of intuitive, visually compelling, and functional designs for web and mobile platforms.
- User Research: Develop scalable user research and usability testing processes to inform design decisions and iterate on solutions.
- Standards Compliance: Ensure all designs meet accessibility, responsiveness, and scalability standards.
- Industry Leadership: Stay up-to-date on industry trends, tools, and best practices, integrating new insights into the design process.
- Advocacy: Advocate for user-centred design and the strategic value of design as a key driver of business success.
Required Qualifications
- Experience: 10+ years in product design with a strong portfolio showcasing innovative and impactful design solutions.
- Leadership: Proven experience managing and mentoring design teams.
- Design Systems: Expertise in creating and maintaining in-house design systems executed consistently across design files and codebases.
- Research: Demonstrated ability to design scalable user research and usability testing processes.
- Tools: Proficiency in Figma.
- Communication: Exceptional ability to articulate design decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Preferred Qualifications
- Industry Expertise: Experience in SaaS, B2B, or marketplace product environments.
- Analytics: Proficiency with data and product analytics tools to inform design decisions.
- Content Strategy: Proficiency in UX writing and content strategy.
This is your chance to join a forward-thinking organization and make a lasting impact on how their platform evolves to meet the needs of users and drive business success. If you are passionate about product design and excited by the challenge of leading a high-performing team, we encourage you to apply!
The fine print:
The role is based in Vancouver with a 3/days per week hybrid setting
Compensation:USD 250000-300000
