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Company

Workera · 4 days ago

Director of Product Design

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

8+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Begin managing two product designers, assessing skills, providing regular feedback, mentoring, and fostering a collaborative environment. Start aligning their work with broader design strategy and product goals.

Work with the VP of Product to assess existing design workflows and identify areas for improvement, such as design tools, sprint integration, and design reviews.

Establish the overall design strategy and vision for the Design Team, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and user needs.

Hire 1-2 product designers and build a world-class team to support Workera’s ambitions and rapid growth trajectory.

Hire a new designer to backfill your IC role in the Phoenix squad, and fully transition into leading the design team. Take on full management responsibility for all 4 product designers, ensuring smooth onboarding and clear performance goals for the new hire.

Establish a scalable design process across all squads. Introduce a design system or framework to ensure consistency, efficiency, and quality across products.

Initiate research initiatives to deepen insights into customer goals and challenges, leveraging qualitative and quantitative data to inform initial design decisions.

Drive experimentation efforts on GenAI products with clear outcomes to enhance specific aspects of the user experience like personalization and reducing cognitive load.

Assess the impact of design on product outcomes and refine the design strategy based on user feedback and business metrics.

Lead the evolution of Workera’s design system and visual language, ensuring its effectiveness in meeting both user needs and business objectives.

Continue to mentor and develop your team, focusing on growing their skills and ensuring they are aligned with product objectives. Foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation within the design team.

Champion the value of design within the organization, sharing insights and successes that highlight how design addresses customer challenges and drives business results.

Qualification

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UX DesignUI DesignDesign LeadershipDesign SystemsData-Driven DesignUser-Centered DesignAgile MethodologiesTeam ManagementAI Tools ProficiencyRecruiting DesignersEducation TechnologyShape-Up MethodologyPrototyping SkillsCollaboration Skills

Required

8+ years of hands-on design experience (UX + UI) with digital products, with a strong portfolio, particularly for data-driven, AI, or learning platforms

2+ years of leadership experience, managing and mentoring design teams, with an ability to balance IC work and leadership responsibilities

Strong UI/UX expertise, especially in user-centered design and creating intuitive, data-informed user experiences

A systems-thinking mindset with the ability to build and implement scalable design processes, including design systems and frameworks.

Proven ability to simplify complex user problems into elegant solutions.

A collaborative and adaptable approach, comfortable in fast-paced, dynamic environments with shifting priorities

A background in recruiting and hiring designers, particularly in scaling teams

Preferred

Familiarity with the corporate skills development industry.

Experience working with AI-powered products or platforms with adaptive learning or personalization

Experience working on products that have a heavy integration component

Previous experience as a player-coach or in a hybrid IC/management role

Experience with Shape-up methodology

Company

Workera

Workera is an enterprise skill assessment and upskilling platform for data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.

Founded in 2019

Palo Alto, California, USA

51-200 employees

https://workera.ai

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