Job Description

The Head of Product Design is responsible for leading the Product Designers and Researchers, and will provide direction and guidance of their output, facilitating cross-functional partnerships and design process. In addition to promote a world-class design practice, influence product strategy, and ensure product execution and provide mentorship and champion the craft and career development of the design team, while creating a safe haven so designers can accomplish their best work. *
Job Responsibilities*

• Manage and inspire a team of product designers and researchers, providing direction and pushing the quality of the work
• Influence product strategy and contextualize high-level decisions and direction for your team. Function as a strategic partner for the Product Squad teams.
• Build relationships with cross-functional team members from Program Management and Work closely with Product, Marketing and Engineering to bring our products to the next level.
• Hire designers and researchers who will continue to push the bar of excellence for the team.
• Advocate for user research for the needs of the product
• Analyse and understand our users, their goals and their preferences.
• Define a strong and opinionated visual design style for all aspects of the product management team.
• Expand Design strategy and principles in relation to our products
• Inspire and motivate the Design team to push their best work possible and act as an ambassador of design within the product squad teams.
• Build positive and safe working environment for product design teams.

• 8+ years experience in digital products and knowledge working with a wide range of UI Design, Visual Design, UX Research in a technical environment or complex product suite.
• Leading design teams and the ability to build, mentor and motivate teams.
• A history of (and enjoyment in) people leadership, including: recruiting, training and developing, leadership-by-example, and organizational design.
• Ability to reduce complex problems down to the right balance of flexibility, power, and ease of use - especially in terms of UX.
• Extremely attentive to detail.
• Solving complex design problem skills.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills.
• Bachelor degree in design-related discipline is a plus