Roo · 1 month ago
Director of Product Design
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$200K/yr - $275K/yr
12+ years expRoo is a company on a mission to empower animal healthcare professionals through innovative technology. They are seeking a Head of Product Design to lead and scale the design function, guiding the team in creating a cohesive product vision and ensuring high-quality design across all surfaces.
FreelanceHealth CareHospitalVeterinary
Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and grow the 6 person Product Design team. Support designers in developing strong craft, critical thinking, and strategic influence
Own the end to end design vision across all Roo product surfaces and guide how that vision evolves as the company expands beyond marketplace offerings
Partner with Product, UX Research, and Engineering leadership to align design direction with product strategy and company goals
Build and strengthen design systems that enable consistency, quality, and scalability
Shape design practices across discovery, concept development, interaction design, prototyping, and delivery
Help define and improve core intent based experiences that support onboarding, activation, engagement, and retention
Translate long term vision into clear, near term design work that supports incremental progress
Encourage exploration and push the team to rethink assumptions while staying grounded in user needs and market realities
Represent design in leadership settings and help influence product direction through clarity of vision and insight into user behavior
Ensure design quality remains high across squads and product surfaces
Advocate for the customer experience across every surface and ensure design decisions always reflect real customer needs
Qualification
Required
12 plus years of product design experience with significant leadership responsibilities
Experience owning the design vision and execution for a full product surface in a fast moving startup or marketplace environment
Strong portfolio demonstrating excellence across interaction design, systems thinking, product storytelling, and user centered craft
Experience building and scaling design systems
Demonstrated ability to grow, coach, and support designers in producing high quality work
Ability to bring clarity to ambiguous spaces and turn loose ideas into compelling product concepts
Skilled at balancing long term vision with clear, incremental steps that deliver value
Strong cross functional communication skills and experience working closely with Product and Engineering leadership
Excitement about shaping the future of the industry by designing experiences that support meaningful work
Benefits
Accelerated growth & learning potential.
Stipends for home office setup, continuing education, and monthly wellness.
Comprehensive health benefits to fit your needs with base medical plan covered at 100% with optional premium buy up plans.
401K
Unlimited Paid Time Off.
Paid Maternity/Paternity and reproductive care leave.
Gifts on your birthday & anniversary.
Opportunity for domestic travel, including for regional team building events.
Company
Roo
Roo is an online veterinary relief service platform that allows vet professionals to secure freelance work.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$16.65MKey Investors
Jackson Square VenturesFloodgate
2022-09-02Series A· $11M
2021-05-07Seed· $5.65M
2020-01-09Debt Financing
Leadership Team
Lisa Hu
Co-Founder, Former CEO
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