Our Core Values:
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Users come first
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Build a better product, not just different
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Do less but get more done
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Always be learning
We want to make education and work more efficient and enjoyable, by providing the best digital paper solution possible. We plan to be the go-to tool for all forms of notes.
What you’ll do
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Lead, mentor and develop a team of 7 product designers, 1 UX researcher, and 1 DesignOps
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Partner with management, engineers, and product managers to align on design initiatives, define a rolling roadmap and long-term direction
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Work with designers across teams to define problems, support research, prototyping, and delivery over 6-week cycles (made of 3 x 2-week sprints)
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Help foster our design culture with knowledge-sharing, peer support, leading weekly Design Review, and during informal hang-outs (we meet weekly for a “Designer Aligner”)
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Run the function’s performance reviews and salary reviews
Preferred requirements
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Experience managing a remote team in a scale-up environment with millions of users
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Driven to help companies elevate design maturity
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A great storyteller comfortable explaining rationale and getting buy-in from stakeholders on product vision
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Designed public-facing apps that have gotten love letters from users
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A strong understanding and experience in product design from exploration to launch and beyond