VP of Design

GameChanger•New York, NY

7d•$260,000 - $280,000•Remote

About The Position

GameChanger is seeking a VP of Design to lead design as a company-level discipline and shape how coaches, parents, athletes, and fans experience youth sports. The role owns the vision, strategy, and quality of product design and user research across mobile and web experiences. Reporting directly to the Chief Product and Technology Officer, the VP of Design serves on the product leadership team and leads product design managers, designers, and research partners. The role works closely with Product, Engineering, Commercial, Strategy, and Data leaders to shape product direction, bring customer insight into company decisions, and connect design with business outcomes. The VP of Design will set an ambitious design vision, strengthen the quality and consistency of GameChanger’s experiences, and build a design practice that supports continued growth. The position combines executive leadership with close engagement in the work: championing design across the company, developing design leaders, and providing guidance, critique, and hands-on examples. The role will also make discovery, research, and design central to decisions about what to build.

Requirements

10+ years designing consumer mobile and web experiences.
6+ years leading design organizations, including experience as the most senior design leader in a company or major business unit.
Experience building or transforming a design practice in a growing technology company and developing teams amid evolving priorities, products, and ways of working.
Current expertise in user experience, interaction and visual design, design systems, research, and prototyping.
Ability to explain what makes an experience effective, demonstrate a better approach, and use modern design and AI-assisted tools.
Experience managing design leaders through regular coaching, clear direction, and constructive critique, with sound judgment about when to engage in details and when to delegate.
Ability to advocate persuasively for design, build relationships, influence senior peers, and communicate clearly with executives and boards.
Experience shaping product strategy alongside Product and Engineering leaders and connecting design decisions with customer and business outcomes.
A portfolio demonstrating strong craft, measurable impact, and the organizations and practices built behind the work.

Nice To Haves

Motivation to support GameChanger’s mission and curiosity about the needs of youth sports communities.

Responsibilities

Define and communicate a design vision aligned with company strategy; represent design on the product leadership team and explain design priorities, tradeoffs, and impact to executives and the board.
Guide the evolution of mobile and web experiences around customer needs, partnering with Product and Engineering to translate insights into intuitive experiences that drive innovation and differentiation.
Set standards for interaction design, visual design, motion, copy, and accessibility; lead regular critiques, stay close to the work, and sketch or prototype to guide the team through complex problems.
Own and evolve the design system and shared design language across iOS, Android, and web.
Coach product design managers, develop designers into leaders, and recruit talent as the team evolves.
Build a culture of clear expectations, constructive feedback, collaboration, and strong craft.
Establish regular engagement with coaches, parents, athletes, and fans, and partner with Product and Engineering to integrate research, discovery, and prototyping into problem framing and roadmap decisions.
Build relationships with Product, Engineering, Commercial, Strategy, and Data leaders; advocate for design in company decisions and connect customer experience with activation, engagement, retention, and revenue.
Improve design practices, tooling, and collaboration as the organization grows.
Use modern prototyping and AI-assisted workflows thoughtfully to help the team explore ideas, learn faster, and deliver high-quality work.

Benefits

Unlimited vacation policy.
Paid volunteer opportunities.
Technology stipend of $4,000 every two years after starting.
Work-from-home stipend of $500 annually.
Monthly physical, mental, wellness, and learning stipend through Holisticly.
Monthly lifestyle stipend through Fringe.
Health benefits including medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA, HRA, HSA, and family/dependent coverage.
Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans through Vanguard, with an immediate company match.
Basic life, supplemental life, and dependent life insurance.
Short-term and long-term disability leave.
Company-paid parental leave of up to 20 weeks for birthing parents and up to 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.
Family-building benefits through Progyny.
DICK'S Sporting Goods and family of brands teammate discount.