Head of Design

Radiant • New York, NY

12d

About The Position

Radiant is building AI-native infrastructure platforms for sovereignty, performance, and scale, spanning powered land, compute, and software. The company was established by Brookfield, a global alternative asset manager with more than US$1 trillion in assets under management.

The Head of Design will lead design across Radiant, encompassing the company brand and product experience. The role owns how Radiant looks, feels, and communicates across its cloud platform, developer experience, website, brand, campaigns, events, and internal company touchpoints. Working closely with product, engineering, marketing, commercial teams, and leadership, this hands-on leader will set direction, build systems, and raise the quality bar while remaining engaged in execution.

Requirements

• Significant experience leading design across product and brand.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating both digital product design and visual or brand design.
• Experience designing complex technical products and simplifying workflows for sophisticated users.
• Strong understanding of product design, including UX, interaction design, information architecture, and prototyping.
• Strong understanding of design systems, including components, patterns, accessibility, and consistency.
• Strong understanding of brand, including visual identity, typography, art direction, and digital expression.
• Strong understanding of research, including user discovery, usability testing, and qualitative insight.
• Comfort working closely with product managers and engineers on detailed product decisions.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence senior stakeholders across the company.
• Ability to set design direction, solve for user outcomes, build coherent systems, maintain high craft, and take ownership from strategy through execution.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in technology, cloud infrastructure, developer tools, or B2B software.
• Experience building or scaling a design function.

Responsibilities

• Lead design strategy and quality across the Radiant brand, product, company communications, and assets.
• Own product design across the Radiant platform, including the console, documentation, and related assets.
• Partner with the CMO to shape and evolve Radiant’s visual identity, brand system, and creative direction.
• Work with the design team to build and maintain a design system spanning product UI and broader company design.
• Partner with product and engineering teams from discovery through launch to create intuitive experiences for complex technical products.
• Collaborate with marketing and commercial teams on the website, campaigns, events, presentations, launches, and sales materials.
• Translate complex cloud and infrastructure concepts into clear visual narratives and user experiences.
• Establish design processes for research, prototyping, testing, critique, and delivery.
• Manage, hire, and develop designers as the team grows, and work with external agencies and partners as needed.
• Ensure consistency and quality across major customer and company touchpoints.

Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave.
• Dedicated learning time for new skills, projects, or interests outside day-to-day work.
• Private medical insurance via Bupa.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Gympass subscription to gyms and wellbeing apps.
• Participation in the company shares program.
• Enhanced parental pay and leave.
• Open communication and regular feedback in a collaborative, welcoming work culture.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed