Product Design Director

7 days ago


Charlotte, North Carolina, United States DebtBook Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an accomplished Product Design Director to join our Product Engineering organization at DebtBook. As a key member of our team, you will play a pivotal role in driving the success of our products, demonstrating the business value of design, and fostering the growth and development of our design organization.


Key Responsibilities
  1. Contribute to product strategy and quarterly planning in collaboration with the product management, engineering, subject matter experts in treasury and compliance (accounting) and other leaders in the business.
  2. Work with Product Managers and Engineering Leads to ensure each team is getting design collaboration needed to meet their goals.
  3. Work with the team to facilitate workshops as necessary to create alignment across teams or solve design challenges.
  4. Lead by example through hands-on work on select initiatives - estimated 30-40% of time.
  5. Lead, mentor, and empower a team of 3 design leads by fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment for creativity and innovation.

Requirements
  • An accomplished team lead with a proven track record in similar types of product oriented services with an emphasis on crafting simple yet powerful user experiences.
  • Have an innate understanding of how to align design initiatives with overall business goals.
  • A mentor and coach, skilled in developing and nurturing design talent, empowering them to thrive and grow.
  • Possess strong product sense and the ability to translate business and user objectives into a product experience to create the desired outcomes.
  • Equipped with exceptional communication and collaboration skills, capable of bridging gaps between design, product, and engineering teams.

What You Bring
  • 7-10+ years of experience building and shipping technology products at scale - web apps and/or mobile apps, at least 5 of which need to be in Product Design.
  • 3+ years in a management or leadership role on a design team.
  • Demonstrated success collaborating with product, engineering, and business teams to deliver exceptional user experiences and strong business outcomes.
  • Strong product thinker, with well-developed product judgment and design taste, and an ability to consistently guide teams to successful user experience and business outcomes.
  • Ability to leverage data and translate various sources of information into actionable insights for the broader team.
  • Experience measuring impact with specific tools or metrics.
  • Ability to design and facilitate workshops to generate ideas, synthesize and align teams.
  • Possess strong product sense and the ability to translate business and user objectives into a product experience to create the desired outcomes.
  • Experience working in a scaling organization with a growing design practice.
  • Expert with using Figma for designing and prototyping software.
  • Experience working with user testing software and services.
  • Experience developing and evolving design systems.
  • A portfolio that highlights your direct contributions to the full product design process (Discovery → Definition → Design Execution and Developer Handoff).
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to successfully articulate design concepts and intent to internal team and customers/prospects.
  • Experience conducting your own research with a variety of methods, and strong decision-making skills for when to do research is a plus.
  • Demonstrated experience working on AI products, for example working with natural language models, recommendation systems, chatbots, conversation design is a plus.
  • Experience working in front-end is a plus.


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