Director of Product Design

$171,000 - $267,500/Yr

Lattice - San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Full-time - Senior

Remote - San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

Lattice is looking for a Director of Product Design to lead an impactful, growth-oriented team of Designers as we cement our position as a category leader. You will be responsible for owning the design strategy for our team that's responsible for Lattice's entire Talent suite - helping us deliver connected, cohesive, and coherent experiences. Some of the sub-teams and work-streams focus on a whole host of products, from Performance Reviews to Engagement surveys to Compensation tooling and Manager experiences. In this role, you will help us reimagine the experience of enterprise software and build valuable experiences that enable thousands of companies, including ours, to engage, retain and develop their employees. If you see the potential of how delightful people management tools can transform a business, this role is for you: * As a manager, you will be responsible for helping to evolve the Product Design team, its culture, and its operations. You'll also be expected to support, coach, and help grow the team's members into the next generation of design leadership at Lattice. * As a design leader, you will be responsible for partnering with Research, Data Science, Engineering, and Customer Experience to establish a multi-year vision and strategy for your portfolio of surface areas that result in end-user experiences that redefine people success practices. You'll also be expected to set new levels of excellence for craft and execution, and chart a course for your team to get there. * As a senior member of EPD, you will be expected to partner with leadership across our organization to ensure we are developing our platform on common primitives with high degrees of product interoperability. * This role is excellent for leaders who excel at strategy/storytelling, relationship building, cross-team/org collaboration, and systems-thinking. This role will report to our Head of Product Design.

Responsibilities

• Evolve the Product Design team, its culture, and its operations.
• Support, coach, and help grow team members into the next generation of design leadership.
• Partner with Research, Data Science, Engineering, and Customer Experience to establish a multi-year vision and strategy.
• Set new levels of excellence for craft and execution.
• Partner with leadership across the organization to ensure platform development on common primitives.

Requirements

• 7+ years of progressive experience in Product Design.
• 4+ years experience managing Designers.
• A very high craft bar, with a portfolio to prove it.
• Experience going deep on multiple complex product areas.
• Ability to give design feedback without deep product knowledge.
• High energy around shaping and evolving design and product development culture.
• Accountability for all products and design work overseen.
• History of successful partnerships with User Research, UX Writing, Brand Design, and Design Systems.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with multi-product, B2B SaaS applications.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance
• Emergency Weather Support
• Wellness Apps
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Time off inclusive of holidays and sick time
• Commuter & Parking Accounts
• Lunches in the Office
• Workplace Amenities Stipend
• Internet and Phone Stipend
• One time WFH Office Set-Up Stipend
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Financial Planning
• Learning & Development Budget
• Sabbatical Program
• Invest in Your People Fund